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Fentanyl overdose deaths spike as opioid crisis rages on
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One of the three men convicted of selling fentanyl-laced drugs to rapper Mac Miller, who died of an overdose in 2018, was sentenced to 10 years and 11 months in prison this week.
Ryan Reavis, 39, pleaded guilty last November to distribution of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is up to 50 times more powerful than heroin.
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In this July 13, 2013, file photo, rapper Mac Miller performs on his Space Migration Tour in Philadelphia.? (Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP, File)
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Mac Miller, whose real name was Malcolm James Myers McCormick, had alcohol, cocaine, and fentanyl in his system when he died.
The CDC estimates at least 105,000 Americans died of drug overdose deaths last year, about two-thirds of which were attributed to fentanyl.
Paul Best is a reporter for Health News Digital. Story tips can be sent to Paul.best@fox.com and on Twitter: @KincaidBest.?
