U.S. sees a sudden and unexpected drop in fatal overdoses - NPR
WEB6 days ago · After decades of devastating increases driven by fentanyl and other toxic street drugs, overdose deaths are dropping sharply in much of the U.S. The trend could mean roughly 20,000 fewer deaths in ...
Fentanyl plus stimulants drives ‘fourth wave’ of overdose …
WEBSep 14, 2023 · The proportion of overdoses involving fentanyl and a stimulant — most commonly cocaine and methamphetamine — increased more than fiftyfold from 2010 to 2021, a study published Thursday in the...
U.S. "losing a generation" to deadly fentanyl, DEA head says - CBS News
WEB1 day ago · Fentanyl, which is often hidden in counterfeit pills, is fueling the worst drug crisis in U.S. history. Last year the synthetic opioid killed more than 70,000 Americans.
New report details the deadly rise of fentanyl in the US | CNN
WEBMay 3, 2023 · Nearly 70,000 people in the US died of drug overdoses that involved fentanyl in 2021, almost a four-fold increase over five years. By 2021, about two-thirds of all overdose deaths involved the...
Fentanyl sparks drug overdose record : NPR
WEBMay 18, 2023 · Drug deaths nationwide hit a new record in 2022. 109,680 people died as the fentanyl crisis continued to deepen, according to preliminary data released by the Centers for Disease Control and...
How the fentanyl crisis' fourth wave has hit every corner of the US - BBC
WEBSep 17, 2023 · More Americans than ever are dying from fentanyl overdoses as the fourth wave of the opioid epidemic crashes through every community, in every corner of the country.
DEA Warns of Increase in Mass-Overdose Events Involving Deadly Fentanyl
WEBApr 6, 2022 · DEA is working diligently to trace mass-overdose events back to the local drug trafficking organizations and international cartels responsible for the surging domestic supply of fentanyl. DEA continues to seize fentanyl at record rates.
Overdose Deaths Reached Record High as the Pandemic Spread
WEBNov 17, 2021 · The rise in deaths — the vast majority caused by synthetic opioids — was fueled by widespread use of fentanyl, a fast-acting drug that is 100 times as powerful as morphine. Increasingly...
New Fentanyl Laws Ignite Debate Over Combating Overdose …
WEBJun 21, 2023 · Fentanyl, a highly addictive synthetic opioid that is 50 times more powerful than heroin, was linked to more than two-thirds of the nearly 110,000 overdose deaths in the United States last year....
Overdose Deaths Continue Rising, With Fentanyl and Meth Key …
WEBMay 11, 2022 · WASHINGTON — After a catastrophic increase in 2020, deaths from drug overdoses rose again to record-breaking levels in 2021, nearing 108,000, the result of an ever-worsening fentanyl crisis,...
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