Drug overdoses now killing the equivalent of a classroom of high schoolers EVERY WEEK - and nine out

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Drug overdoses now killing the equivalent of a classroom of high schoolers EVERY WEEK - and nine out of 10 are fentanyl

    Fentanyl kills about 30 teenagers and children every week, the equivalent of roughly one whole classroom
    In 2021, 94 percent of overdose deaths were caused by fentanyl, compared to just eight percent in 2012
    READ MORE: Drug overdoses among teens DOUBLED from 2019 to 2021 as fentanyl fuels a nationwide crisis

By Cassidy Morrison Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com

Updated: 14:45 EDT, 13 May 2023

Deadly fentanyl is killing the equivalent of an entire classroom of children every week, staggering figures show.

Fentanyl, a highly potent synthetic opioid that's 100 times stronger than morphine, is ravaging America's youth.

A recent study found that fentanyl was responsible for the death of 1,557 children in 2021 — the equivalent of 30 children every week.

Just two milligrams of fentanyl – imagine 10 to 15 grains of table salt – can prove fatal, and it is increasingly contaminating the illicit drug supply in the US because it is cheap, potent, and keeps many users coming back for more.



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[sneakypete]

I see this as the "herd culling itself".

[Smokin Joe]

I see this as the "herd culling itself".

Darwin awards...

[sneakypete]

"The EQUIVALENT" OF a classroom of highschoolers is NOT the same thing as actual high schoolers.

Most of the junkies dying are in their 20's,30's,or even older. Parasites who contribute NOTHING to society but debt  from unpaid hospital bills and food bank "free food".

In short,it is a case of "The trash taking itself out".

[Fishrrman]

A strange kind of "natural selection" at work...