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Fentanyl overdose now leading cause of death for adults 18-45
More American adults, between the ages of 18-45, have now been killed by fentanyl overdoses than by any other cause in the U.S. This is according to information compiled by Families Against Fentanyl.
More American adults, between the ages of 18-45, have now been killed by fentanyl overdoses than by any other cause in the U.S. This is according to information compiled by Families Against Fentanyl.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a report stating, “there were an estimated 100,306 drug overdose deaths in the United States during 12-month period ending in April 2021, an increase of 28.5% from the 78,056 deaths during the same period the year before.”
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The CDC also published data showing that appropriately 64,268 lethal fentanyl overdoses occurred between April 2020 & April 2021, in the United States.
This represents a shocking 50% increase to the number of deaths between 2019 and 2020. Likewise, that’s almost twice the 32,754 deaths from April 2018 to April 2019.
One of the reasons fentanyl has become such a problem is how potent the synthetic substance is. The CDC states, “Fentanyl… is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine.”
For example, Customs and Border Protection seized less than half a pound of fentanyl in October. This may not seem like much, yet the street value was appraised at $6,500.
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Drugs laced with Fentanyl have also been proven deadly. Illicit drug use is ill advised, but an abundance of caution should be exercised at all times.
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