By following the money behind the multi billion dollar drug trade, we are able to understand the traffickers operations and improve our ability to disrupt their activities. The effects of the trafficking has been staggering. Deaths involving synthetic opioids such as illicit fentanyl and methamphetamine increased by 22% in 2021, resulting in the deaths of more than 100,000 people. of our family members and our neighbors. In 2022. There were also nearly 200,000 non fatal fatal opioid overdoses in the U.S. in 2021, the overdose death rates increased 44% … (00:38–00:49)
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Asserts that deaths from synthetic opioids increased by 22% in 2021, causing over 100,000 deaths.
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