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Illicit Synthetic Opioid Death Rates Rise More Than 45%; Heroin and Prescription Opioid Deaths Stable

U.S. overdose death rates linked to synthetic opioids, likely from illicitly manufactured fentanyl, increased more ...

JANUARY 7, 2019

Fentanyl: Death by Numbers

Almost half of 42,249 opioid-related overdose deaths in 2016 involved fentanyl.

AUGUST 21, 2018

Record Drug Overdose Deaths Driven by Opioids, Heroin

Opioid overdose deaths hit record levels in 2014, marked by the most recent 14% annual increase, according to the ...

JANUARY 4, 2016

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