It took the threat of U.S. tariffs for Canada to wake up to the true horrors of the fentanyl epidemic that is now destroying so many young lives and shattering families. Canadians, who were in a panic about the deaths that occurred during the COVID pandemic, have hardly noticed that far more otherwise healthy Canadians and Americans are dying from fentanyl overdoses than ever died from COVID.
A grim milestone was reached when opioid overdose deaths exceeded 100,000 per year in the United States in 2021. Well over a million Americans have died from opioid overdoses since the highly addictive drugs first came on the market. Fentanyl overdose is now the leading cause of death in Americans aged 18–25. ---More...
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