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Why Baltimore is seeing more drug overdose deaths than any other American city

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Summary
Nutrition label

69% Informative

More than 100,000 Americans are dying from drug overdoses every year , largely from the synthetic opioid fentanyl.

Baltimore has seen a steady decline in its population in recent years .

Special Correspondent Chris Booker examines why addiction has become so deadly in the city.

It's part of our series, America Addicted..

VR Score

73

Informative language

72

Neutral language

91

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

53

Offensive language

likely offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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