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CDC: Fentanyl Is to Blame for Soaring Number of Teenagers Dying of Drug Overdoses

HeadlineApr 13, 2022

New CDC data shows the number of teenagers dying of drug overdoses nearly doubled between 2019 and 2020 and then rose again by 20% last year. The CDC found most of the overdoses involved the synthetic opioid fentanyl. The soaring number of overdoses comes despite a drop in overall drug use by teenagers in the United States.

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