Public health experts are telling American parents to make sure they have a device used to prevent fentanyl overdoses in their home - as the US' deadly overdose crisis reaches a breaking point.The highly deadly fentanyl was responsible for around 70 percent of the record 107,622 drug overdose deaths that struck the US in 2021. The equivalent of five grains of salt worth of the synthetic opioid is enough to cause death.Its cheap manufacturing costs and potency have made it the go-to cutting agent for cartels and drug dealers in the US looking to stretch their supply. It's now found in everything from cocaine to molly and street benzodiazepines like Xanax.
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