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last year. turner benoit saw it firsthand. he helps families who lack resources find treatment. the pandemic really created a perfect storm for people in early recovery we had people who were living in halfway houses relying on service and attending 12-step meetings every day. all of those things got ripped away. and their link to recovery services were taken away as well reporter: and services shut down absolutely. reporter: he says government stimulus checks played a role too. people used those funds a lot of times to go straight out and get more of the substance that they need reporter: an increasing supply of deadly fentanyl also drove overdoses. deaths from fentanyl and other synthetic opioids were up 54%. it s cheap. it s synthetic, and it s easy to make. and it s so lucrative. reporter: early their year we toured the dea lab in new york users dependent on opioids are drawn to fentanyl but it s also put in counterfeit pills that anyone could buy and the danger is

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