PoliticsWednesday 07.21.21

The Deadly Fentanyl Surge Spreading Across The U.S.

Drug overdoses killed a record 93,331 people in the U.S. in 2020 — more than gun violence and motor vehicles combined. It’s not heroin driving the steep rise in deaths, but a synthetic opioid 50 times more potent: fentanyl.

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