I'm not sure how that compares to the number of kids killed in school shootings, but it's clearly a bigger problem by orders of magnitude.
Why is there such a disparity in the media coverage and public outrage between these two issues?
Link: https://www.uclahealth.org/news/release/about-22-high-school-age-adolescents-died-each-week
An average of 22 14-18 year olds died from fentanyl in 2022 per week.
Replies to: "An average of 22 14-18 year olds died from fentanyl in 2022 per week."
- An average of 22 14-18 year olds died from fentanyl in 2022 per week. [LINK]
- iairishcheeks - 3:00pm 9/5/24
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- Drugs good guns bad [NT] - holybull101 - 4:33pm 9/5/24
- Wow, you're so deep. [NT] - Chris94 - 4:05pm 9/5/24
- Conflating two completely different issues to extract foolish point is what a dumbass would do. - jimbasil - 3:53pm 9/5/24
- I am not conflating, I am comparing. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 5:03pm 9/5/24
- Stupid is as stupid posts. [NT] - Frank L - 4:02pm 9/5/24
- You need to be raging against DJT for torpedoing the bipartisan Senate Border Security and [LINK]
- TyroneIrish - 3:21pm 9/5/24
- Not true, bill would have done nothing. - PaND - 3:35pm 9/5/24
- how's that work, does the fent force itself on the kids or is it the consequence of risky behavior? [NT]
- ChicagoIrish - 3:07pm 9/5/24
- As the father of two teenagers and a realist, I don't expect that they'll avoid all risks. [NT]
- iairishcheeks - 4:06pm 9/5/24
- No just the ones that are well known to kill you. [NT] - Frank L - 4:26pm 9/5/24
- To be clear, I don't think drug users *deserve* to die, but - ChicagoIrish - 4:20pm 9/5/24
- Right, but I'm guessing you didn't know the fent numbers were that high - iairishcheeks - 4:38pm 9/5/24
- brother I live in Ohio and have EMS family members, I know all about it - ChicagoIrish - 9:58pm 9/5/24
- Especially when the threat of fentanyl and its use is soo well known. It’s still a tragedy, but as - Frank L - 4:25pm 9/5/24
- Right, but I'm guessing you didn't know the fent numbers were that high - iairishcheeks - 4:38pm 9/5/24
- Jimbasil how many handles do you have? [NT] - PaND - 3:21pm 9/5/24
- As the father of two teenagers and a realist, I don't expect that they'll avoid all risks. [NT]
- iairishcheeks - 4:06pm 9/5/24