EXCLUSIVE: Fentanyl deaths plunge 22% as Trump White House touts crackdown on deadly drug crisis

Synthetic opioid deaths declined to 38,084 in the most recent year for which data is available, down from 48,913 in the prior year, according to the Trump White House. The administration attributed the decline to its border enforcement operations and Immigration and Customs Enforcement fentanyl arrests. The White House did not provide independent verification of the figures or specify the time period covered by the comparison.

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