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This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. The timeline of the opioid epidemic includes selected events related to the origins of Stamford, Connecticut-based Purdue Pharma, the Sackler family, the development and marketing of oxycodone, selected FDA activities related to the abuse ...
But the number of overdose fatalities went down for the first time since 2014. The overdose increases are due to an influx of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, as well as the pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic; the mortality decreases are the result of safety measures, such as the community distribution of naloxone. [76]
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]
“Starting in 2020 is when fentanyl kind of became the dominant drug for deaths.” From 2020 to 2022, Mattivi said, the number of fentanyl submissions to the KBI laboratory increased 900%.
The preliminary numbers on fatal fentanyl overdoses in 2022, posted on the California Overdose Surveillance Dashboard, show Stanislaus ranks 15th among the 58 counties, with a rate of 22.37 deaths ...
A documentary called 'F.U.: Fentanyl Unlimited' by Charlie Minn features Central Texas parents who lost their teenagers to the deadly drug.
Fentanyl overdoses have become a leading cause of death for minors in the last five years or so, even as overall drug use has dropped slightly. In a 2022 analysis of fentanyl-laced prescription pills, the DEA found that six out of 10 contained a potentially lethal dose of the drug.
On 22 April 2021, Digital Underground frontman, rapper, and musician Shock G died from an accidental overdose of fentanyl, meth, and alcohol. [238] On 6 September 2021, actor Michael K. Williams, who performed as Omar Little on the HBO drama series The Wire, died from an overdose of fentanyl, parafluorofentanyl, heroin, and cocaine. [239] [240]