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   From: jmurpht7@infinity.net   
      
   A record number of high school teens died of drug overdoses in 2022 in   
   an alarming trend driven primarily by fentanyl poisonings from   
   counterfeit pills, according to a new study published in The New England   
   Journal of Medicine.   
      
   Using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),   
   the Boston researchers found that an average of 22 adolescents ages 14   
   to 18 years old died each week in the U.S. from drug overdoses in 2022.   
      
   The death rate for drug overdoses among teens is more than double what   
   it was in 2018, according to the study, which is entitled "The Overdose   
   Crisis Among U.S. Adolescents."   
      
   A total of 1,125 teens died of drug overdose or poisoning in 2022,   
   making it the third-leading cause of death for teenagers across the   
   country – behind firearm-related injuries and motor vehicle crashes,   
   respectively, the report said.   
      
   "Fewer teens than ever are actively using drugs, and yet more teens than   
   ever are dying," senior author Dr. Scott Hadland, chief of the Division   
   of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine at MassGeneral Hospital for   
   Children and Harvard Medical School, told Fox News.   
      
   https://www.foxnews.com/health/teen-drug-overdoses-hit-record-hi   
   h-driven-primarily-fentanyl-poisoning-report   
      
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