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**The Death Toll:**
- 84,076 Americans died from drug overdoses in the 12-month period ending October 2024
- Over 200 Americans die daily from fentanyl poisoning, primarily supplied by the Sinaloa and Jalisco cartels
- 52,385 deaths from synthetic opioids (mainly fentanyl) in that same period
- Fentanyl and synthetic opioids cause more deaths than all other drug categories combined