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The Fox News Rundown

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News, Daily News, Politics

3.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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The new numbers sound almost too good to be true. After such a devastating run for the fentanyl-fueled opioid epidemic, pushing overdose deaths in the U.S. to more than 100,000, new public health data points to an unprecedented drop in fatalities. This past week, host Lisa Brady spoke with former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams about the reported decline in overdose deaths and what could be behind the positive trend. Dr. Adams said awareness and increased access to overdose-reversing drugs could be critical factors. However, he also warned America should not ‘spike the football,’ as the nation's drug crisis is still very lethal, and deaths remain significantly higher than just a few years ago. We often must cut interviews short during the week, but we thought you might like to hear the full interview. This week on the FOX News Rundown, we will share our entire interview with former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams, where he further discusses America’s drug epidemic and also weighs in on the growing popularity of nitrous gas and legal marijuana among youth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.0	This is the Fox News rundown extra.
0:34.0	And Lisa Brady.
0:38.0	The new numbers sound almost too good to be true.
0:41.0	After such a devastating run for the opioid epidemic, fueled by fentanyl
0:45.3	and pushing overdose deaths in the US to more than 100,000, new public health data
0:50.3	points to an unprecedented drop in deaths. Awareness may be a key part of
0:55.0	that along with more access to a drug that can reverse an overdose, but the danger
0:59.6	remains, especially with fentanyl turning up in more and more counterfeit pills.
1:04.0	A study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse
1:07.0	says more than 115 million pills containing fentanyl
1:10.0	were seized by law enforcement last year, 2,300 times greater than in 2017.
1:16.6	We spoke with Dr. Jerome Adams, the former U.S. Surgeon General who's now a distinguished professor
1:21.3	at Purdue University,
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