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Wake up: Fentanyl deaths are exploding and no one is paying attention

By Ernest Istook
Published February 21, 2019 9:14pm ET
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Wake up: Fentanyl deaths are exploding and no one is paying attention
This photo provided by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's Phoenix Division shows some of the 30,000 fentanyl pills the agency seized in one of its bigger busts, in Tempe, Ariz., in August, 2017. | (Drug Enforcement Administration via AP)

How many deaths does it take to wake up America?

Drug overdoses now kill more Americans than traffic accidents. America knows we’re in the midst of an opioid crisis, yet one of the leading drivers of these deaths gets scant attention from reporters or elected officials.

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