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News 19 Presents: Pain & Suffering: The Opioid Story

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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration says the influx of fentanyl has changed the landscape of this epidemic in the Tennessee Valley. In 2018, law enforcement found a little over 290,000 pills with fentanyl. By 2021, that number had gone up by more than 3,000% to more than 9,600,000. Narcan is an opioid overdose reversal agent, and it is now more widely available to everyone.

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News 19 Presents: Pain & Suffering: The Opioid Story

(WHNT) — It's no secret opioids are fueling a growing epidemic across the country. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 106,699 people died from drug overdoses in the U.S. in 2021. Reports of damage as strong storms move through the Tennessee Valley The crisis is happening in Alabama as well. It's important to note that the state of Alabama has not finalized overdose death statistics for 2020 and 2021 yet. Ho…

·Huntsville, United States
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WHNT 19 News broke the news in Huntsville, United States on Saturday, March 25, 2023.
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