Thank the government’s failure against fentanyl for America’s shortest life expectancy in 25 years
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Thank the government’s failure against fentanyl for America’s shortest life expectancy in 25 years

ByNews Polite

It’s one thing when government raises your taxes, suffocates your business with regulations or censors your tweets. It’s far worse when government is to blame for actually shortening your life. US life expectancy dropped to 76.4 years, the lowest in a quarter-century, according to new federal data. Americans should be…

Florida cop treated for overdose after exposure to fentanyl
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Florida cop treated for overdose after exposure to fentanyl

ByNews Polite

A Florida police officer was given three doses of Narcan after she was exposed to fentanyl and reportedly overdosed during a traffic stop Tuesday. Shocking video shows the moment Tavares Officer Courtney Bannick was administered the opioid overdose-reversing drug as she lay motionless on the side of a road just…

Sen. Chuck Schumer wants $290M to help fight deadly ‘rainbow fentanyl’
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Sen. Chuck Schumer wants $290M to help fight deadly ‘rainbow fentanyl’

ByNews Polite

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday he wants almost $300 million in federal funding to fight “rainbow fentanyl” — highly-addictive pills that look like candy and could have a devastating effect on young people. The $290 million in funds would be used to sustain 61 Overdose Response Strategy teams…