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(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.

(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.

(HealthNewsDigest.com, May 18) – Doctors who overprescribe opioid pills to patients could be playing a part in addiction and the high number of drug-related deaths in the United States.

(Eurweb, May 11) DrugAbuse.com recently reported that between 1999 and 2005, more Americans died from substance abuse-related deaths than the number of Americans who died in WWI and WWII combined.

(Bloomberg, May 11) When many Americans who were addicted to pain medication could no longer get them due to their expense or availability, they turned to the cheaper and highly addictive heroin. Because of that, demand for the illegal opioid has gone through the roof.

(NorthJersey.com, May 11) Parents in Wayne County New Jersey recently got an up-close look at where teens may be hiding drugs from local prevention experts.