Fentanyl Overdoses Reach All-Time High

The Wall Street Journal reports that more than 107,000 people in the U.S. died from drug overdoses last year, preliminary Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data released Wednesday showed, roughly a 15% increase from 2020. The proliferation of the potent synthetic opioid fentanyl has been compounded by the destabilizing effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on users and people in recovery, according to health authorities and treatment providers. The U.S. has recorded more than one million overdose deaths since 2000, and more than half of those came in the past seven years.

USA Today reports that experts say illicitly manufactured fentanyl is often mixed with cocaine, methamphetamine or even counterfeit prescription opioids sold on the street. People who intend to buy non-opioid street drugs might have no idea they are getting a toxic combination cut with fentanyl. And for a person who has built no tolerance for opioids, whether prescription pain pills, heroin or street fentanyl, taking street drugs cut with fentanyl can be fatal. 

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U.S. overdose deaths have risen most years for more than two decades. The increase began in the 1990s with overdoses involving opioid painkillers, followed by waves of, deaths by other opioids like heroin and illicit fentanyl.

Last year, overdoes involving fentanyl and other synthetic opioids surpassed 71,000, up 23% from the year before. There also was a 23% increase in death involving cocaine and a 34% increase in deaths involving meth and other stimulants.

Overdoses deaths are often attributed to more than one drug. Some people take multiple drugs and inexpensive fentanyl has been increasing cut into other drugs, often without the buyers’ knowledge.

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