related_tweet: homicides rose by about 30%, or ~5,000, in 2020. it's a huge increase. but cdc data indicates that drug overdose deaths rose by 30% as well--or by about 20,000 or so.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  even when looking at those under 40, the rise in overdose deaths with swamp the rise in homicides.