TITILE:Between Life and Death
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New York City’s drug overdose crisis has reached historic levels, according to new data from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Provisional data shows 3,026 drug overdose deaths occurred in New York City in 2022, the highest total since the department began recording such incidents in 2000. The latest released data shows that drug overdose deaths increased by 12% from 2021 to 2022. Data shows that fentanyl was detected in 81% of drug overdose deaths in New York City. Fentanyl is an opioid that is 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine, the department said. The report found that Black and Latino New Yorkers had the highest overdose death rates and the largest increases from 2021 to 2022.
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