Illegal drugs’ overdose kills 22 American teens every week — What’s US doing about it?

An image of drugs kept on the table. — Britannica/File

Twenty-two teenagers between the ages of 14 and 18 lost their lives in the United States each week as a result of drug overdoses in 2022; this group’s mortality rate rose to 5.2 per 100,000.

Recent research has linked this spike to the widespread use of fake medications laced with fentanyl, according to SciTech Daily.