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Fentanyl Reaches the Mountain West, Death Toll Rising

Madelyn Beck MWNB
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Fatal drug overdoses are skyrocketing, driven by synthetic opioids like fentanyl. And the potentially deadly drug has made it to the region -- the last to face the brunt of the opioid crisis. Mountain West News Bureau’s Madelyn Beck explores the issue in the first of a three-part series.

  

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Madelyn Beck is a regional Illinois reporter, based in Galesburg. On top of her work for Harvest Public Media, she also contributes to WVIK, Tri-States Public Radio and the Illinois Newsroom collaborative.