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more and more Americans are losing their
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lives to fentel overdoses as the fourth
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wave of the opioid epidemic impacts
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communities Across the Nation the pain
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of such losses is shared by many
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families as Drago roses claimed over
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100,000 lives in the US in one year
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marking a grim Milestone alarmingly more
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than 2third of these deaths were linked
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to fentel a synthetic op white 50 times
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the start contrast to a decade ago when
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less than 40,000 individuals died from
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drug overdoses in the country with
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fental being responsible for less than
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10% of those deaths is revealed in a
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recent study by researchers at the
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University of California Los Angeles
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UCLA the study examed overd Trends in
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the United States from 2010 to 2021
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using data from the Centers for Disease
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Control and prevention the data
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highlights how fanil has reshaped the
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landscape of drug overdoses in the
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United States over the past decade
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licitly manufactured fanil has figured
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an unprecedented overdo crisis in the
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nation the riseing fenin related deaths
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began in 2015 and since then the drug
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has continued to spread leading to a
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substantial increase in death rates
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initially around 80% of Fenton lower
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doses occurred east of the Mississippi
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River in 2018 however in 2019 fenil
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emerged in the western us affecting
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regions previously insulated from its
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efforts the study also warns of another
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concerning Trend an increase in deaths
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linked to the use of both Fenton meal
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and other stimulant drugs such as
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methamphetamine this trend varies by
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region due to differences in drug use
2:03
patterns for instance areas in the
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northeastern us like Vermont and connect
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could have higher death rates related to
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the combined use of fentony and cocaine
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given cocaine's historical prevalence in
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those regions in contrast the rest of
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the country from West Virginia to
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California experiences primarily
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methampetamine and ventanal related
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deaths these findings challenge the
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perception that the opioid crisis
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primarily affects the white population
2:34
as the study reveals that
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African-Americans are also experiencing
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higher rates of death resulting from the
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combination of fanil and Other Drugs
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spanning various age groups and
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Geographic locations the shift
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underscores the need for increased
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awareness and targeted efforts to advest
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this growing crisis particularly among
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minority communities while fanil was
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initially met with reluctance when it
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entered the legal drug Supply due to its
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potency its affordability and addictive
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nature have made it widely available and
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S after by individuals struggling with
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substance use in conclusion the study's
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data underscores the urgent need for a
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comprehensive response to the fental
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crisis highlighting its far-reaching
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impact and the necessity for tailored
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interventions to save lives across
