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Despite the passage of state and federal laws that were supposed to reduce fatal drug overdoses, the annual U.S. drug overdose death rate has quintupled over recent decades:
1 in Every 39 Americans Will Die of a Drug Overdose at Current Rate
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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) found that 6 out of 10 illicit pills contain a lethal dose of fentanyl. A lethal dose is 2 mg., approximately the amount on the tip of this pencil. Courtesy of DEA
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