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‘It’s just astronomical’: Soaring fentanyl deaths help spur tech solutions for combating the opioid

PNNL researcher Ashley Bradley practices her lab work using a non-fentanyl substance. Bradley is part of the team working on the library of fentanyl variants. (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory / Andrea Starr Photo) Nationally, fentanyl-related overdoses are the leading cause of death for Americans age 18 to 45. The drug killed almost twice as many…