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Podcast: Busting Addiction and Its Myths
Episode: Mini Series 9 - Pass me the Fentanyl, Please
Description: There is still little understanding of the power of the substance fentanyl.Let’s start with some inconvenient facts. Drug overdoses claim more lives than breast cancer, gun violence or car accidents. Combined. They are the #1 cause of accidental death in the United States. According to the CDC, there were over 109,000 fatal overdoses in the 12-month period ending March 2022 (the latest data available).Overdose deaths were fuelled by the rapid increase in the availability and low cost of synthetic opioids, especially fentanyl.It’s now sprinkled into almost any illegal drug to give it a...