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		JumpCrisscross on March 30, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Teen-age fentanyl deaths in a Texas county > US has 20 times the per capita death rate from drug overdoses than Bangladesh Could this be a statistical issue? Were drug deaths systematically mischaracterised when we were full war on drugs?

rayiner on March 31, 2023 [–]

I mean it’s possible but I haven’t seen evidence of it. Death classification is usually handled by a medical examiner, who is a doctor.

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