Top Trump administration officials say drug overdose deaths are surging amid the coronavirus pandemic, driven by increased substance use due to anxiety, social isolation and depression
U.S. Customs and Border Protection screening for drugs at entry points also been affected as the agency responds to the pandemic, Carroll said.issue for most of his presidency but has gone silent on the addiction issue since the pandemic exploded across the country. His administration has taken few actions to address an expected uptick in demand for addiction services beyond lifting federal restrictions on telemedicine for behavioral health — despite warnings about an impending wave of problems.
every week on average after Trump declared a public health emergency on March 13. Slavova said the number of EMS overdose runs in first week of April marked the highest on record in the past two years. “The concerns we have are related to the big challenges people are facing right now with Covid: isolation and uncertainty resulting in very high levels of stress,” Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute for Drug Abuse, told POLITICO.
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