Two-thirds of US overdose deaths attributable to fentanyl

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, researchers reported in MMWR.
Jessica Bitting, MS, of the division of overdose prevention at CDC, and colleagues sought to better understand monthly trends in drug overdose deaths involving illicitly manufactured fentanyl and para-fluorofentanyl, an opioid analgesic analogue.
Bitting and colleagues assessed overdose death data from the State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System to examine

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, researchers reported in MMWR.
Jessica Bitting, MS, of the division of overdose prevention at CDC, and colleagues sought to better understand monthly trends in drug overdose deaths involving illicitly manufactured fentanyl and para-fluorofentanyl, an opioid analgesic analogue.
Bitting and colleagues assessed overdose death data from the State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System to examine