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Though counterfeit fentanyl has created an unfathomable problem that law enforcement, the government, and medical professionals are being challenged by, the origins of of the opioid overdose crisis can be traced back to overprescribing of opioids by doctors, which inevitably inflicted some people with opioid addiction. By a large margin, the US and Canada are the top two opioid prescribers in the world.
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