Dr. Ebonie Vázquez discusses US overdose death record at 93,000

Name: Dr. Ebonie Vázquez discusses US overdose death record at 93,000
Uploaded: 2021-07-15T19:35:37+00:00
Duration: 7 min 12 s
Description: According to the CDC 93,000 Americans died from drug overdoses last year. That’s a 30% increase from the year before and the most ever recorded. In California, the state saw an increase in fatalities of almost 46 percent from December 2019 to December 2020. Dr. Ebonie Vázquez, Regional Chief of Service - Addiction Medicine at Kaiser Permanente joins Good Day LA to discuss.

According to the CDC 93,000 Americans died from drug overdoses last year. That’s a 30% increase from the year before and the most ever recorded. In California, the state saw an increase in fatalities of almost 46 percent from December 2019 to December 2020. Dr. Ebonie Vázquez, Regional Chief of Service - Addiction Medicine at Kaiser Permanente joins Good Day LA to discuss.

Posted July 15, 2021 12:35pm PDT