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(Sun Sentinel, May 26) While most of the nation is currently focused on the widespread opioid addiction epidemic, officials in Florida are worried that cocaine could be making a comeback.

Check out DEA and Discovery Ed’s Operation Prevention site for exciting new interactive resources to teach kids about the dangers of heroin and opioid addiction.

(NBC News, May 25) Two employees of a Pennsylvania drug rehab facility, who lived and worked at a halfway house for recovering addicts, were found passed out in their rooms after overdosing on heroin and fentanyl.

(Wicked Local, May 22) The potent synthetic opioid, fentanyl, is behind a majority of drug overdose deaths involving opioids in Massachusetts.

(Associated Press, May 20) The nation’s drug addiction problem continues to have a devastating effect on the children of users and social services.

Fentanyl, the dangerously potent synthetic opioid spreading across the nation, caused more deaths than any other drug in Florida last year, according to a new report.

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(10 TV, May 18) — Ohio’s Montgomery County, which includes the city of Dayton, had a record high 349 drug overdose deaths during 2016. So far this year, the county has already seen 300 overdose deaths.

(Claims Journal, May 18) The rate of positive drug tests among American workers is at its highest in 12 years, according to data from the Quest Diagnostics Drug Testing Index.

(TVN, May 18) The number of new hepatitis C cases has almost tripled in the past five years, mainly due to people sharing drug needles, according to health officials.