Among this age group, accidental drug deaths increased by 50% in a single year – taking 7,337 young lives in 2020. Parents call for justice over fentanyl deaths at California’s state capitol in August. Just a day earlier, they’d made a plan to get him into treatment, because he’d admitted he had been taking pills and said that he wanted help. Photograph: HandoutThe parents gave speeches, pleading for measures to prevent drug dealing on social media, more prosecutions of drug importers and better mental health treatment for troubled teens. Feinberg runs regular social media surveillance looking for drug sales online and says dealers often operate with little fear of getting caught.

Source: The Guardian December 23, 2021 23:09 UTC