The surge of young people dying from opioids
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The Impact of Fentanyl on Opioid-Related Deaths
In the 15 to 24-year-olds, we found that about one in four had some kind of healthcare encounter. And I think what this shows is that these are often people that are actively contacting our healthcare system for a variety of different reasons. We did see a really high degree of engagement with the healthcare system before death in this demographic and quite broadly as well in other age groups too.
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