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Overdose Persuasive Speech

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Heroin overdoses are no stranger to the streets of Huntington, WV. The opioid based drug Fentanyl is taking lifes left and right!

The local WV DHHR stated that they are currently over budget for Overdose deaths this year, costing more than 2 million dollars. It is a sad day when our own government is over budget 7 months into the year.

Huntington, WV has been the host for the most drug overdoses in all of the United States so far this year. When will it change? How can us as a community come together and fix this issue?

The answer is, You can 't! There is nothing that can be done about this epidemic. We need to stop encouraging people to shoot up! The thought is Oh its okay well get narcan and well be fine if we overdose. That is not the
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