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Amid the United States’ heavily documented opioid crisis, the nation is dealing with another, lesser known rise in substance use. In recent years, national rates of cocaine use have steadily climbed.

Each year, around 88,000 people in the United States die from alcohol-related causes, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This is higher than the number of deaths caused by overdoses from all other drugs, combined.