The number of Americans who died from alcohol, drugs, and suicide in 2017 reached the highest level recorded—more than twice as many as in 1999—according to a new joint analysis by two public health organizations.

Bags of heroin, some laced with fentanyl, are displayed before a press conference at the office of the New York Attorney General, in New York, on Sept. 23, 2016. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

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