Fentanyl mixed with stimulants has created a polysubstance overdose crisis : Shots - Health News : NPR
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A new study finds a 50-fold growth in deaths from combined use of stimulants and opioids. The toxic and contaminated drug supply is to blame.
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The Blackfeet Nation's Plight Underscores the Fentanyl Crisis on Reservations - KFF Health News
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Fentanyl, Inc.: How Rogue Chemists Are Creating the Deadliest Wave of the Opioid Epidemic: 9780802127433: Westhoff, Ben: Books
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Gadsden County sees a deadly spike in fentanyl overdoses
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Opioid crisis: Huge rise in US overdose deaths from fentanyl mixed with stimulants
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I grew up in Kensington, Philadelphia. Let's not glamorize addiction — again : Shots - Health News : NPR
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Stoppping fentanyl overdoses — are some Mexican pharmacies part of the problem? – Houston Public Media
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After a record high, overdose deaths may be declining slightly in Massachusetts
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Withheld: As fentanyl floods in, can death data keep up? - WyoFile
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One woman's controversial fight to make America accept drug users for who they are