By PPN News Staff
U.S. overdose death rates linked to synthetic opioids, likely from illicitly manufactured fentanyl, increased more than 45% from 2016 to 2017 while death rates from heroin and prescription opioids remained stable. However, these death rates are still too high, according to the CDC.
The CDC conducted an in-depth analysis of the latest drug overdose death data, expanding on data released in November by the National Center for Health Statistics. The report analyzed the growing