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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| ‘A deadly combination': excessive heat adds to Arizona opioid epidemic's toll |
| 2022-06-25 |
[TheGuardian] Opioid fatalities – driven by synthetics such as fentanyl – in the state were up 80% last year compared with 2018 and punishing heat is making things worse.
America’s opioid crisis has reached epidemic levels.
In Arizona alone paramedics and police have responded to between 700 and 800 suspected overdoses every month so far this year, administering naloxone in 80% of callouts. |
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