US overdose deaths appear to rise amid coronavirus pandemic

US overdose deaths appear to rise amid coronavirus pandemic

3 years ago
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https://apnews.com/22e4c7213a3f5a857cd50b8489325d9a

Matthew Davidson was beating his heroin addiction. The 31-year-old was attending group recovery meetings. He had a restaurant job he liked. He was a doting uncle to a baby nephew.

Then the coronavirus pandemic hit. Davidson lost his job. He started staying home alone in his apartment near Georgetown, Kentucky — depressed and yearning for his recovery support group that had stopped gathering in person, said his cousin Melanie Wyatt.