Washington faltered as fentanyl gripped America

Re:Washington faltered as fentanyl gripped America by WillPostForFood on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @11:05AM (#33970697)

It is surprisingly hard to get the actual data for fentanyl/opioid overdoses, even though the numbers are on the CDC site, just spread out in multiple places.

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Re:Washington faltered as fentanyl gripped America by tyingq on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @11:44AM (#33971378)

I'm not usually into conspiracy theories, but it has the flavor of "bury this without outright lying".

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Re:Washington faltered as fentanyl gripped America by 2devnull on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @01:47PM (#33973776)

You suspect the CDC would massage their messaging to manipulate (nudge?) public opinion towards achieving a desired outcome, rather than just straightforward factual scientific reporting the likes of which most people would expect?

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Re:Washington faltered as fentanyl gripped America by tyingq on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @04:45PM (#33976343)

Hard to speculate on motivation, but it's very odd that the information is arranged in a way that makes it very difficult to figure out "overdoses are the #1 killer of people aged 1-44".

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Re:Washington faltered as fentanyl gripped America by rhaway84773 on Thursday December 15, 2022 @08:17AM (#33999043)

Is there any reason to believe this has been changed from the 5 years or so ago when overdoses were not the #1 killer?

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