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Xylazine, an animal tranquilizer, is increasingly finding its way into street drugs across the country. Analysts at New Hampshire's state crime lab estimate they’re finding it in about 15% of the fentanyl they test.
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About a third of the city's 2,000 homeless deaths between April 2020 and March 2021 were from an overdose. The federal government says the highly addictive and lethal synthetic drug has become the deadliest drug in the nation.
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Dr. Jason Wilson says African Americans as well as low-income and other vulnerable populations are being affected by fentanyl overdoses "at a much higher disproportionate rate" than others.
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These steps follow the recent deaths of six people in Gadsden County from fentanyl overdoses. That prompted first lady Casey DeSantis to call for a meeting to work out strategies to warn residents and promote increased awareness.
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First lady Casey DeSantis joined Gadsden Sheriff Morris Young and other state and local officials to address the issue. The state is ramping up messaging as part of efforts to prevent mass overdoses.
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It was a deadly weekend involving drugs in Gadsden County. The sheriff’s office handled a spike of fentanyl overdoses, most of them on Friday. Nine people died.
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People who have lost children to pills laced with fentanyl are demanding that lawmakers adopt stricter penalties and are pressuring Silicon Valley for social media protections.
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While adult overdoses surged in the last decades, teens hadn't seen the same kind of death rates. But now fatal overdoses nearly doubled in one year and continued to rise in 2021.
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Opioid overdoses have been a major problem in Florida for years. The synthetic opioid fentanyl is even more dangerous. Health workers are trying to distribute overdose kits as widely as they can.
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New research released by the CDC found roughly 932,000 fatal overdoses from 1999-2020. Preliminary data show another 100,000 deaths this year.