22 high school adolescents died each week from illicit drugs laced with Fentanyl.

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Author: Russ K. | Posted: 09/20/2024 - 08:53:00 -

According to a 2024 UCLA Health Study, an average of 22 adolescents 14 to 18 years of age died in the U.S. each week in 2022 from drug overdoses, raising the death rate for this group to 5.2 per 100,000-- driven by fentanyl in counterfeit pills, new research finds.

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