Teen drug overdoses hit record high, driven primarily by fentanyl poisoning, says new report
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A record number of high school teens died of drug overdoses in 2022, driven mostly by fentanyl poisonings from counterfeit pills, according to a new study in The New England Journal of Medicine.
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." "If Narcan was in our home, this could have been a very different reality." Bryan Llenas currently serves as a National Correspondent for FOX News Channel (FNC) based in New York. In this capacity, Llenas covers national breaking news. He joined FOX News in 2010 as a reporter for FOXNewsLatino.com and transitioned to his role as FNC correspondent in 2013.
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.
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