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Youth Overdose Deaths Jumped Across the U.S. Amid the Pandemic

By Cory Sharber | WHYY
Published January 14, 2023 at 9:16 PM EST
Drugs including cocaine, crack cocaine, fentanyl, methamphetamine and marijuana were seized in a Dec. 2, 2021 raid in Allentown, conducted by agents from the Office of Attorney General Bureau of Narcotics Investigations.
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Drugs including cocaine, crack cocaine, fentanyl, methamphetamine and marijuana were seized in a Dec. 2, 2021 raid in Allentown, conducted by agents from the Office of Attorney General Bureau of Narcotics Investigations.

Delaware was one of 47 states to contribute data to a CDC report highlighting the rising number of drug overdoses among children in the country. WHYY’s Cory Sharber has more.

Read the full story here.

(Original air-date: 1/10/23)
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Cory Sharber | WHYY
Cory Sharber is a general assignment reporter at WHYY. Prior to his stint in Philadelphia, he spent four years between WVXU in Cincinnati and WKMS in Murray, Kentucky.
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