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GENERAL DRUG INFORMATION

The Facts:

9%

of all overdose-related deaths
occurred in individuals aged less
than 24 years in the US

Opioids

specifically heroin, were the
cause of the highest overdoes death
rate among those aged 15-19 in 2015

772

drug overdose deaths
occurred among adolescents
aged 15-19 in 2015

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