Fatal drug overdoses have quadrupled in US seniors

older white woman with grey hair being loaded into ambulance by two paramedics, at night as the ambulance lights flash

Fatal drug overdoses aren't just a problem for the young — increasingly, overdoses deaths are involving America's senior population, according to a new study.

The study found that the annual rate of drug overdose deaths among adults ages 65 and older in the U.S. has quadrupled over the last two decades.