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'The drug became his friend': Pandemic drives hike in opioid deaths

By Hilary Swift and Abby Goodnough
New York Times·
10 mins to read

In the months since the pandemic took hold in the US the opioid epidemic has taken a sharp turn for the worse. More than 40 states have seen evidence in overdoses.

On the first Friday in June, Jefrey Cameron, 29, left his home around midnight to buy heroin. He had been struggling with addiction for seven years but had seemingly turned a corner, holding down a job that he loved at Basil's Pizzeria, driving his teenage sister to the mall

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