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Re: by beatthatflight on Saturday March 16, 2024 @08:39PM (#39730788)
Unless I'm mistaken, the article says drug overdoses is a leading cause of deaths in that category. 1) That's not THE leading, necessarily 2) only 70% of those drug cases were from fentanyl.

It's a hell of a drug and a hell of an epidemic, but if my reading is correct, let's keep headlines more accurate.

Re: by andsoitis on Saturday March 16, 2024 @08:40PM (#39730794)
That's not the correct headline.

The first sentence says "Drug Poisonings are a leading cause of death for Americans ages 18-45, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)."

You can dive deep yourself into the data showing causes of death: https://wonder.cdc.gov/controller/saved/D176/D374F608

Re: by Infernal on Saturday March 16, 2024 @08:37PM (#39730774)
The title does not seem to be supported by the article.

Title: “Fentanyl poisoning is the #1 killer for people ages 18-45”

TFA: “Drug Poisonings are a leading cause of death for Americans ages 18-45, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)… almost 70% of these deaths were caused by fentanyl and other synthetic opioids.”

Re: by Pokerface777 on Saturday March 16, 2024 @08:34PM (#39730751)
What's the DEA doing about it? not the right things...
Re: by mindslight on Saturday March 16, 2024 @08:38PM (#39730783)
Drugs would like to extend a warm thank you to prohibition, for helping drugs win the war against drugs.
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Re: by wahnfrieden on Saturday March 16, 2024 @08:37PM (#39730777)
You are not right

It would be no difference

Something like 0.1% of fentanyl comes in with migrants entering illegally or seeking asylum

You are listening to dishonest and misinformed sources and repeating their disinfo with glee

edit: Your link doesn't counter that. Learn to read

Re: by atrust on Saturday March 16, 2024 @08:40PM (#39730795)