Four Common Beliefs Parents Have About Fentanyl That Put Their Teens and Young Adults At Risk For Overdose
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The opioid crisis reached devastating heights during COVID-19, claiming over 100,000 lives between April 2020 and May 2021. That translates to someone dying every five minutes from a drug overdose. Even more alarming, overdose deaths involving illegally made fentanyl rose 55.6% between 2020 and 2021, and deaths from fentanyl in people under 30 doubled from