Because of all the fentanyl coming in from those damn Canadians, duh
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> While deaths attributed to fentanyl in England and Wales climbed from one in 1999 to 60 in 2017, the figure has fallen steadily ever since. In 2023, 41 deaths were linked to the drug, and last year British health officials said there were no deaths attributed to illicit fentanyl.
By contrast, deaths in the U.S. were running at more than 20,000 a year in 2017 when then President Donald Trump declared the fentanyl crisis a national emergency. The annual death toll has since jumped as high as 79,000 in 2023.
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Because of all the fentanyl coming in from those damn Canadians, duh
> While deaths attributed to fentanyl in England and Wales climbed from one in 1999 to 60 in 2017, the figure has fallen steadily ever since. In 2023, 41 deaths were linked to the drug, and last year British health officials said there were no deaths attributed to illicit fentanyl.
By contrast, deaths in the U.S. were running at more than 20,000 a year in 2017 when then President Donald Trump declared the fentanyl crisis a national emergency. The annual death toll has since jumped as high as 79,000 in 2023.
Jesus, that contrast is harrowing.