Though the Army saw a reduction in overall drug overdose death rates in recent years, soldiers at five Army installations are dying of drug overdoses at more than double the rate of other Defense Department personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Responding to a query from a bipartisan group of senators, the letter<\/a> from Defense Undersecretary Gilbert Cisneros Jr. offered a public understanding<\/a> of the opioid epidemic\u2019s impact on the military services in recent months. The lawmakers\u2019 query followed a Rolling Stone<\/i> article<\/a> that examined drug-related deaths at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\t