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2022-11-21 02:12:52 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 51DD5BB998633EBCB4F64EF295DEE72F0D5A323F5532095C4F55B2C41A1F4AF8
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Last year, 71,000 Americans died from synthetic opioid overdoses, averaging 194.5 deaths per day, not 300. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/11/us/politics/overdose-deaths-fentanyl-meth.html President Biden has repeatedly talked about the fentanyl crisis and the White House has published plans to combat overdoses, including in April (https://www.whitehouse.gov/ondcp/briefing-room/2022/04/21/president-biden-releases-national-drug-control-strategy-to-save-lives-expand-treatment-and-disrupt-trafficking/) and in September (https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/09/23/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-new-actions-and-funding-to-address-the-overdose-epidemic-and-support-recovery/)
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