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

By Cory Sharber | WHYY

Published January 14, 2023 at 9:16 PM EST

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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.

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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.

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(Original air-date: 1/10/23)