In the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic, for the first time, the U.S recorded its highest number of drug overdose deaths in a 12 month period surpassing 100,000 according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

"It's telling us that 2021 looks like it will be worse than 2020," said Robert Anderson, chief of the mortality statistics branch at the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics.

Opioid-related deaths, fueled mainly by bootleg versions of the potent drug fentanyl, accounted for about three-quarters of the deaths through April, according to the CDC. Fentanyl has for years been a major catalyst in an intensifying U.S overdose crisis.

The pandemic intensified opioid problems in many ways, from increasing isolation among people trying to maintain their sobriety to complicating treatment. The pandemic also has been a major draw on resources and attention for public-health authorities, who are still trying to manage Covid. -Jon Kamp And Julie Wernau-(WSJ)

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