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  2. United States drug overdose death rates and totals over time

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    Drug overdose deaths in the US per 100,000 people by state. [1] [2] A two milligram dose of fentanyl powder (on pencil tip) is a lethal amount for most people. [3] The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has data on drug overdose death rates and totals. Around 1,106,900 US residents died from drug overdoses from 1968 ...

  3. Opioid epidemic in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, there were approximately 109,600 drug-overdose-related deaths in the 12-month period ending January 31, 2023, at a rate of 300 deaths per day. [5] From 1999 to 2020, nearly 841,000 people died from drug overdoses, [6] with prescription and illicit opioids responsible for 500,000 of those deaths. [7]

  4. List of deaths from drug overdose and intoxication - Wikipedia

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    A two milligram dose of fentanyl powder (on pencil tip) is a lethal amount for most people. [1] Drug overdose and intoxication are significant causes of accidental death and can also be used as a form of suicide. Death can occur from overdosing on a single or multiple drugs, or from combined drug intoxication (CDI) due to poly drug use.

  5. Deaths attributed to drug overdoses up by 45% in Chatham ...

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    Deaths caused by drug overdoses in Savannah increased by more than 45% last year, according to data from the Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team.

  6. How illicit fentanyl drives overdose deaths year after year - AOL

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    People who use drugs are trying to navigate "an increasingly toxic drug supply," experts said, and it's causing record deaths every year. Here's what we can do to save lives. ... 800-290-4726 more ...

  7. In the fentanyl crisis, infants and toddlers become ... - AOL

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    In Kern County, where Ezekiel died, the rate of fentanyl-related deaths is higher than the 2022 state average: California had a rate of 0.77 deaths per 100,000 residents, while Kern County had 1.4 ...

  8. Opioid epidemic - Wikipedia

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    In 2017, there were 3,987 opioid-related deaths in Canada, 92% of these deaths being unintentional. The number of deaths involving fentanyl or fentanyl analogues increased by 17% compared to 2016. [60] Between April and December 2020, there was an 89% increase in opioid related deaths in comparison to 2019. [61]

  9. California schools are battling a fentanyl crisis. Why are ...

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    But it’s a truly national epidemic: across the US, fentanyl was involved in 84 per cent of the more than 2,231 fatal teen overdoses between 2019 and 2021, the most recent period with full ...