Healio (9/29, Downey) reports, “Two-thirds of an estimated 108,174 overdose deaths in the United States in the 12 months ending in April 2022 can be attributed to synthetic opioids, specifically illicitly manufactured fentanyl,” investigators concluded after assessing “overdose death data from the State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System to examine monthly frequencies of overdose deaths involving para-fluorofentanyl.” The findings were published online Sept. 30 in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
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— “Two-thirds of US overdose deaths attributable to fentanyl “Ken Downey Jr., Healio, September 29, 2022