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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Health
Kristen Saloomey

Pennsylvania governor declares emergency for opioid epidemic

Pennsylvania governor declares emergency for opioid epidemic

In the United States, new measures have been implemented to target the smuggling of the deadly synthetic drug fentanyl.

It's one of several opioids behind a nationwide epidemic of drug abuse.

Pennsylvania is the latest of several states to declare an emergency - using a protocol usually reserved for natural disasters.

Al Jazeera's Kristen Saloomey reports from New York.

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