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Historic decline in U.S. overdose deaths threatened by changing street drug supply

decline in U.S. overdose deaths threatened by changing street drug supply ![A forensic chemist with the Drug Enforcement Administration holds vials of fentanyl pills at a DEA research laboratory in this file photo. Fentanyl deaths

Natural disasters can cause another crisis for those recovering from opioid addiction

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