February 3, 2025

Health update

The Conversation  -  Americans consume more illicit drugs per capita than anyone else in the world; about 6% of the U.S. population uses them regularly.  One such drug, fentanyl – a synthetic opioid that’s 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine – is the leading reason U.S. overdose deaths have surged in recent years. While the rate of fentanyl overdose deaths has dipped a bit recently, it’s still vastly higher than it was just five years ago.

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