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Fentanyl deaths have doubled every year between 2013 and 2016. The Centers for Disease Control have declared fentanyl “the deadliest drug.” Scott Adams said that fentanyl was a tragedy on the level of the VietnamWar. The Vietnam War lasted more than nineteen years and took the lives of more than 59,000 American soldiers. Fentanyl is taking lives much faster. Fentanyl is classified as a Schedule II drug under the Controlled Substance Act of 1970. This means that the federal government recognizes that it has legitimate medical uses, but that it also has a high potential for abuse. Doctors typically prescribe fentanyl to treat patients with severe pain or to manage pain after surgery.

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Fentanyl: The World's Deadliest Drug