CDC reports a 43% increase of drug overdoses in California

A new CDC report released this month estimated there were more than, 100,000 drug overdose deaths across the nation over the past year.

That’s an increase of nearly 30% from the previous year.

That problem is also taking place in Kern County, local law enforcement agencies said they are already seeing more overdoses this year than before.

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