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We don't know enough about fentanyl

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Washington state topped a list you do not want to be on last week: We are tied for the fastest increase in overdose deaths in the country.

Deaths are up across the US, mostly due to the very deadly fentanyl. But there’s more going on than just a new opioid.

National Public Radio Addiction correspondent Brian Mann explains who is being impacted here, and what might help.

Brian's reporting on overdose death increases: https://www.npr.org/2023/05/18/1176830906/overdose-death-2022-record

Read more about the local impact of fentanyl: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/homeless/fentanyl-has-devastated-king-countys-homeless-population-and-the-toll-is-getting-worse/

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