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With a record amount of fentanyl flooding the country and more Utahns dying from overdoses than ever before, the state is launching a new task force that Gov. Spencer Cox says will “disrupt” the drug market. Cox and other state law enforcement officials announced the task force on Tuesday, speaking on the heels of some sobering new data. In 2018, authorities in Utah seized 15,000 fentanyl pills — in 2023, law enforcement recovered roughly 2 million. That same year, 606 people died of a fatal overdose, a record number, with 290 believed to be fentanyl related. As of June, nearly 35% ...