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Over the past decade, drug overdose deaths among young people (primarily 25–44 years old) have increased by 53%, while suicides and traffic accidents have increased by 41% and 43%, respectively. These factors combined have increased the overall mortality rate for this age group by about 71%. Drug overdose (especially fentanyl) is indeed a serious problem of death among young people in the United States and the biggest contributor to the abnormally high mortality rate among 25–44-year-olds, although the youth overdose mortality rate has begun to decline significantly in 2023–2024. Many people on the street did not start by hunting for fentanyl. They had work. Family. Pain. Then rent, hospitals, and a mind that broke. Then a chemical cheaper than a room. This film 👇asks the right question: Is this only “addiction”? Or is it what a society looks like when the weak are left to self-medicate on a poison never meant for them? Watch. Don’t look away.

Over the past decade, drug overdose deaths among young people (primarily 25–44 years old) have increased by 53%, while suicides and traffic accidents have increased by 41% and 43%, respectively. These factors combined have increased the overall mortality rate for this age group by about 71%. Drug overdose (especially fentanyl) is indeed a serious problem of death among young people in the United States and the biggest contributor to the abnormally high mortality rate among 25–44-year-olds, although the youth overdose mortality rate has begun to decline significantly in 2023–2024. Many people on the street did not start by hunting for fentanyl. They had work. Family. Pain. Then rent, hospitals, and a mind that broke. Then a chemical cheaper than a room. This film 👇asks the right question: Is this only “addiction”? Or is it what a society looks like when the weak are left to self-medicate on a poison never meant for them? Watch. Don’t look away.