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Rachel Mitchell: “We have seen an almost 6000% increase in overdose deaths…”

Featuring: Rachel Mitchell, Republican | Maricopa County Attorney | Arizona

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Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell holds bi-weekly press conference

Published | Video Starts at 37:20

So you figure 70% of 850,000 pills containing a potentially lethal dosage. The deaths that are occurring from fentanyl are astronomical. We have seen an almost 6000% increase in overdose deaths, most from fentanyl, or it's increasing toward most being from fentanyl. It's just, it's unsustainable. You seem as if you were prepared for this question. I knew you were going to be here. Nope. I just know what I think. (37:20–37:32)

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Asserts that there has been an almost 6000% increase in overdose deaths, with most being from fentanyl.

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