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White House warns against synthetic drug cocktail causing widespread deaths among users

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Some 100,000 people are dying each year from illegal street drugs. Now the White House says a synthetic drug cocktail of fentanyl and xylazine is poisoning even more Americans.

NPR addiction correspondent Brian Mann reports.

This segment aired on April 12, 2023.

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