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    [2025-12-03 21:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: Daily News
    Title: Sri Lanka partners with World Bank and UN to recover corruption assets abroad - DailyNews
    Snippet: Senior officials from the World Bank and the StAR Initiative under the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) have agreed to provide technical and expert support to assist Sri Lanka in recovering assets believed to have been acquired through corruption in foreign countries.
    Read full article: https://dailynews.lk/2025/12/03/local/907571/sri-lanka-partners-with-world-bank-and-un-to-recover-corruption-assets-abroad/
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    [2025-12-03 17:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: Deutsche Welle
    Title: Venezuela: Trump signals imminent land attacks
    Snippet: The Caribbean Sea is already now largely closed to drug smugglers from South America, but on Thursday Donald Trump announced that American troops will also begin land strikes on suspected Venezuelan drug traffickers "very soon." Marking another significant escalation, Trump said on Saturday that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela is to be closed in its entirety.
    Read full article: https://www.dw.com/en/venezuela-trump-signals-imminent-land-attacks/a-74952467
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    [2025-12-03 17:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: China’s move to seal records of offences like drug use sparks public backlash
    Snippet: New rule takes effect on January 1 and means the offences will no longer be attached to a person’s identity information
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3335001/chinas-move-seal-records-minor-offences-drug-use-sparks-public-backlash
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    [2025-12-03 10:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Trump’s defence chief says he didn’t see survivors or watch second boat strike
    Snippet: A lethal follow-up attack on an alleged drug-carrying vessel has sparked concern about the legality of the strikes
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3334972/trump-defence-chief-hegseth-says-he-didnt-see-survivors-or-watch-second-strike-boat
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    [2025-12-03 09:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Trump says any country trafficking drugs into US could be attacked
    Snippet: In response to the threat, Colombia’s Petro says his nation destroys drug labs ‘without missiles’ and warns Trump not to ‘awake the Jaguar’
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3334971/trump-says-any-country-trafficking-drugs-us-could-be-attacked
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    [2025-12-03 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: Financial Times
    Title: UK to make drug approvals easier in latest tariff deal with Trump
    Snippet: Abigail Hauslohner in Washington
    Read full article: https://www.ft.com/content/d54c71af-7019-4fe6-ad8f-1b1126b99f8d
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    [2025-12-03 00:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Ex-Honduran president freed from US prison after Trump pardon for drug crimes
    Snippet: While in prison, Hernandez wrote to Trump calling him ‘Your Excellency’ and referring to their ‘shared values’
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3334949/ex-honduran-president-freed-us-prison-after-trump-pardon-amid-tight-election-race
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    [2025-12-02 15:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: White House defends ‘double-tap’ US attack on alleged drug boat as lawful
    Snippet: US military operation on September 2 killed 11 people, including those who survived the initial strike, raising accusations of a possible war crime
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3334858/white-house-defends-double-tap-us-attack-alleged-drug-boat-lawful
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    [2025-12-02 14:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: China’s 3SBio seeks US$400 million in Hong Kong to boost drug pipeline
    Snippet: Share placement to help Shenyang-based firm advance clinical research in China and the US, expand reach of cancer and hair-loss drugs
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3334844/chinas-3sbio-seeks-us400-million-hong-kong-boost-drug-pipeline
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    [2025-12-02 04:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: ProPublica
    Title: The FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S.
    Snippet: For more than a dozen years, the Food and Drug Administration quietly allowed substandard foreign factories to continue shipping medications to the United States even after the agency officially banned them from doing so because of dangerous manufacturing failures.
    Read full article: https://www.propublica.org/article/fda-drugs-banned-foreign-factories-list
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    [2025-12-02 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: US-UK zero tariff deal to reshape NHS medicine spending
    Snippet: The agreement removes tariffs on medicines and raises NHS spending on new drugs by 25 per cent, boosting pharmaceutical growth
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3334813/us-uk-deal-slashes-tariffs-medicines-boosting-nhs-spending
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    [2025-12-01 06:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: Daily News
    Title: Transforming the AIDS response - DailyNews
    Snippet: HIV/AIDS (Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is no longer the death sentence that it used to be even 10 years ago. This is due to the widespread availability of Anti Retro Viral (ARV) drugs that can not only keep the patients alive but also give them the freedom to live a normal, useful life.
    Read full article: https://dailynews.lk/2025/12/01/general-opinion/905418/transforming-the-aids-response/
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    [2025-11-30 13:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: Rappler
    Title: Duterte remains detained, but 'when will trial start?' drug war victims ask
    Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
    Read full article: https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in-depth/duterte-drug-war-victims-families-wait-icc-trial/
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    [2025-11-29 21:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
    Source: Deutsche Welle
    Title: Trump plans to pardon ex-Honduran President Hernandez
    Snippet: US President Donald Trump on Friday expressed his intention to pardon ex-Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was convicted of drug trafficking in 2024 and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
    Read full article: https://www.dw.com/en/trump-plans-to-pardon-ex-honduran-president-hernandez/a-74948469
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    [2025-11-28 14:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: Deutsche Welle
    Title: Trump: US to 'soon' take action against Venezuela 'by land'
    Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Thursday that operations to curb Venezuelan drug trafficking "by land" would begin "very soon."
    Read full article: https://www.dw.com/en/trump-us-to-soon-take-action-against-venezuela-by-land/a-74933223
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    [2025-11-28 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: Daily News
    Title: SOC addresses Legal barriers to import Drug-Detection equipment - DailyNews
    Snippet: The Chair of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Governance, Justice and Civil Protection, Member of Parliament (Dr.) Najith Indika, stated that the National Dangerous Drugs Control Board must take the lead in streamlining the Procurement process and easing existing Legal barriers related to importing equipment used to test drivers for Drug use.
    Read full article: https://dailynews.lk/2025/11/28/local/903482/soc-addresses-legal-barriers-to-import-drug-detection-equipment/
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    [2025-11-28 02:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: Rappler
    Title: Mexico investigates Miss Universe president for drugs, arms trafficking
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    Read full article: https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/pageants/mexico-investigates-miss-universe-president-rocha-drugs-arms-trafficking/
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    [2025-11-27 06:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: Daily News
    Title: Five vessels, house of drug trafficker ‘Dehi Bale’ seized - DailyNews
    Snippet: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has taken into custody five fishing vessels belonging to an underworld criminal known as ‘Dehi Bale’ or Shehan Sathsara from Devinuwara.
    Read full article: https://dailynews.lk/2025/11/27/lawnorder/902983/five-vessels-house-of-drug-trafficker-dehi-bale-seized/
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    [2025-11-14 03:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: China Digest | South China Morning Post
    Snippet: Around the nation: Chinese man smuggles heroin in his foreskin; divorce on menu after wedding feast disputeA 12-year-old girl in Jiangyou killed herself by drinking pesticide after giving her grandmother water laced with the poison. Railway police revealed they captured a man who hid a bag of heroin under his foreskin.
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china-digest
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    [2025-06-07 10:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: RT News
    Title: Popular weight loss drug could cause sudden blindness – EU’s health watchdog
    Snippet: The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has concluded that semaglutide-based medications – including Ozempic, Wegovy, and Rybelsus – increase the risk of a serious eye condition that can lead to sudden vision loss.
    Read full article: https://www.rt.com/news/618759-blindness-side-effect-ozempic/
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    [2025-02-21 06:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: VOA Africa
    Title: VOA60 America - US designates eight drug cartels, criminal gangs as global terrorist organizations
    Snippet: No media source currently available
    Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/voa60-america---us-designates-eight-drug-cartels-criminal-gangs-as-global-terrorist-organizations/7982257.html
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    [2025-02-14 07:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: VOA Africa
    Title: How new scanners at US-Mexico border detect fentanyl
    Snippet: No media source currently available
    Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/how-new-scanners-at-us-mexico-border-detect-fentanyl/7974092.html
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    [2025-01-09 00:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: VOA Africa
    Title: US, China vie for influence in combating Seychelles’ drug problem
    Snippet: No media source currently available
    Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/us-china-vie-for-influence-in-combating-seychelles-drug-problem/7920193.html
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    [2025-01-07 07:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: VOA Africa
    Title: Syrian rebels vow to dismantle Assad’s drug empire
    Snippet: No media source currently available
    Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/syrian-rebels-vow-to-dismantle-assad-s-drug-empire/7926312.html
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    [2024-09-28 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: ProPublica
    Title: Maylia and Jack: A Story of Teens and Fentanyl
    Snippet: Maylia Sotelo arrived in a black Cadillac. It pulled down an alley by the Fox River, which cuts through the city of Green Bay, Wisconsin. On that Tuesday evening in November 2022, she stepped out of a rear door and into another car. Maylia was 15 years old and slight, with a soft, girlish face and large, upturned eyes.
    Read full article: https://www.propublica.org/article/teens-fentanyl-percocet-green-bay-wisconsin-maylia-sotelo-jack-mcdonough
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    [2024-08-21 03:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: VOA Africa
    Title: Nigeria battles drug use among minors
    Snippet: No media source currently available
    Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/nigeria-battles-drug-use-among-minors/7749844.html
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    [2024-07-30 01:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: VOA Africa
    Title: Urgent action needed to stop spread of drug-resistant malaria, scientists warn
    Snippet: No media source currently available
    Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/urgent-action-needed-to-stop-spread-of-drug-resistant-malaria-scientists-warn/7717035.html
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    [2024-07-04 04:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: VOA Africa
    Title: Afghans struggling with drug addiction call for tougher laws
    Snippet: No media source currently available
    Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/afghans-struggling-with-drug-addiction-call-for-tougher-laws/7683983.html
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    [2024-04-18 04:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: VOA Africa
    Title: New effort tackles drug overdose epidemic in US
    Snippet: No media source currently available
    Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/new-effort-tackles-drug-overdose-epidemic-in-us/7573952.html
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    [2024-02-17 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: VOA Africa
    Title: Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra Talks About Drug Shortages
    Snippet: No media source currently available
    Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/becerra-with-carolyn-clipped-for-web-mp4/7490286.html
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    [2024-02-16 13:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: VOA Africa
    Title: Patients Wait for Lifesaving Medications as US Drug Shortage Continues
    Snippet: No media source currently available
    Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/patients-wait-for-lifesaving-medications-as-us-drug-shortage-continues/7489983.html
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    [2023-11-23 06:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: VOA Africa
    Title: VOA Asia Weekly: Biden Highlights Efforts with China, Mexico to Combat Fentanyl
    Snippet: No media source currently available
    Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/7366146.html
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    [2023-11-22 16:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: VOA Africa
    Title: Biden Highlights Efforts with China, Mexico to Combat Fentanyl
    Snippet: No media source currently available
    Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/biden-highlights-efforts-with-china-mexico-to-combat-fentanyl/7365315.html
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    [2023-11-16 21:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: VOA Africa
    Title: Biden Cites Moves on Fentanyl, AI and Military Communication After Xi Meeting
    Snippet: No media source currently available
    Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/biden-cites-moves-on-fentanyl-ai-and-military-communication-after-xi-meeting-/7357419.html
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    [2023-10-26 22:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: VOA Africa
    Title: Former Child Soldier Program Deployed to Tackle Drug Abuse in Liberia
    Snippet: No media source currently available
    Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/former-child-soldier-program-deployed-to-tackle-drug-abuse-in-liberia/7327249.html
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    [2023-10-21 03:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: VOA Africa
    Title: Mideast, Fentanyl Top US Agenda as China’s Top Diplomat to Visit Washington
    Snippet: No media source currently available
    Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/mideast-fentanyl-top-us-agenda-as-china-s-top-diplomat-to-visit-washington/7319297.html
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    [2023-08-04 01:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: VOA Africa
    Title: Former Fentanyl Addict: 'People Don't Choose to Have This'
    Snippet: No media source currently available
    Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/fentanyl-addict-people-don-t-choose-to-have-this-/7210013.html
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    [2023-07-26 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: VOA Africa
    Title: LogOn: Could Artificial Intelligence Help Solve Fentanyl Crisis?
    Snippet: No media source currently available
    Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/logon-could-artificial-intelligence-help-solve-fentanyl-crisis-/7195361.html
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    [2023-07-22 03:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: VOA Africa
    Title: VOA60 Africa- Mental health, youth advocacy groups warn about the increase in the use of a drug called Kush among youths in Sierra Leone
    Snippet: No media source currently available
    Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/voa60-africa--mental-health-youth-advocacy-groups-warn-about-the-increase-in-the-use-of-a-drug-called-kush-among-youths-in-sierra-leone-/7190686.html
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    [2023-07-19 16:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: VOA Africa
    Title: ICC Rejects Philippine Government’s Move to Block Duterte Drug War Inquiry
    Snippet: No media source currently available
    Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/icc-rejects-philippine-government-s-move-to-block-duterte-drug-war-inquiry-/7186799.html
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    [2023-07-19 04:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: VOA Africa
    Title: ICC Rejects Philippine Government’s Move to Block Duterte Drug War Inquiry
    Snippet: No media source currently available
    Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/icc-rejects-philippine-government-s-move-to-block-duterte-drug-war-inquiry-/7185943.html
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    [2023-07-14 05:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: VOA Africa
    Title: The Inside Story - The Fentanyl Threat | Episode 100
    Snippet: No media source currently available
    Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/7179588.html
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    [2023-06-23 00:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: VOA Africa
    Title: Calls for US-Mexico Military Cooperation to Address Fentanyl Crisis
    Snippet: No media source currently available
    Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/calls-for-us-mexico-military-cooperation-to-address-fentanyl-crisis/7148200.html
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    [2023-06-14 23:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
    Source: VOA Africa
    Title: VOA Investigation: Sales of Fentanyl Precursors Still Thriving Online
    Snippet: No media source currently available
    Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/voa-investigation-sales-of-fentanyl-precursors-still-thriving-online/7136777.html
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    [2023-06-02 06:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: VOA Africa
    Title: The Inside Story - The Fentanyl Threat | Episode 94
    Snippet: No media source currently available
    Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/7118997.html
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    [2023-05-24 02:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: VOA Africa
    Title: Could Artificial Intelligence Help Solve the Nation's Fentanyl Crisis?
    Snippet: No media source currently available
    Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/could-artificial-intelligence-help-solve-the-nation-s-fentanyl-crisis-/7105431.html
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    [2023-05-08 23:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: VOA Africa
    Title: Social Stigma of Fentanyl Abuse Complicates Treatment
    Snippet: No media source currently available
    Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/social-stigma-of-fentanyl-abuse-complicates-treatment/7082680.html
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    [2023-05-08 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: VOA Africa
    Title: Fentanyl Addiction Treatments Offer New Chances
    Snippet: No media source currently available
    Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/fentanyl-addiction-treatments-offer-new-chances/7082684.html
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    [2023-05-08 22:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: VOA Africa
    Title: Fentanyl Presents Unique Challenges for US Law Enforcement
    Snippet: No media source currently available
    Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/fentanyl-presents-unique-challenges-for-us-law-enforcement/7082674.html
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    [2023-05-08 22:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: VOA Africa
    Title: Synthetics Opioids Leading Cause of US Overdose Deaths
    Snippet: No media source currently available
    Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/synthetics-opioids-leading-cause-of-us-overdose-deaths/7082670.html
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