related_tweet: during 2020, as lockdowns became prolonged and widespread as a response to the pandemic, overdose fatalities accelerated.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  this represents a worsening of the drug overdose epidemic in the united states, the cdc stated in an emergency health advisory issued on dec. 17, 2020.