NYC Drug Overdose Deaths Increased 58% from 2015, Bronx Hardest Hit, Overdose Deaths among Latinos Skyrocket 51%
New York, NY –(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2016. Today’s release of 2015 drug overdose mortality datafrom the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) shows the devastation of overdose in New York City, where nearly 7,200 people lost their lives to the epidemic in the past 10 years. 2015 saw the highest death rate and absolute number of…
