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Drug deaths plummet among young Americans as fentanyl carnage eases

By NPR.org  
   June 10, 2025

The stunning drop in drug deaths among people in the U.S. is being tracked in data compiled by the CDC and other federal agencies. The latest available records found fentanyl and other drugs killed more than 31,000 people under the age of 35 in 2021. By last year, that number had plummeted to roughly 16,690 fatal overdoses, according to provisional CDC data.

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