Fentanyl and other street drugs killed more than 230,000 people under the age of 35 in the U.S. over the last decade.
But now new federal data shows drug deaths among young people are plummeting at an unprecedented rate – saving thousands of lives each year.
What's driving the drop, and with federal funding cuts on the horizon, will it continue?
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