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A total of 1,984 Kentuckians died last year from a drug overdose, down 9.8% from the prior year, according to the 2023 Kentucky Drug Overdose Fatality Report. Fentanyl — a powerful synthetic opioid — remained the biggest culprit, accounting for 79% of overdose deaths in 2023, the report said.
The substance abuse crisis hit “communities in every zip code across the nation” with Kentucky among the hardest hit, he said. Drug overdose deaths in Kentucky fell nearly 10% in 2023, marking ...
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 ...
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is a United States federal government research institute whose mission is to "advance science on the causes and consequences of drug use and addiction and to apply that knowledge to improve individual and public health." The institute has conducted an in-depth study of addiction according to its ...
The New Drug War: As Northern Kentucky faces a heroin epidemic, the local coroner, a family doctor, is at odds with a county judge over a medical solution to the crisis. Film produced by James Doolittle of Center City Film & Video, Philadelphia, Pa.
KY’s rate of drug overdose deaths dropped markedly between 2022 and 2023. Fentanyl, a potent opioid, and methamphetamine were major causes in most of those deaths.
Preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show a 3% drop in drug deaths nationwide in 2023 and nearly an 8% reduction in KY’s fatal overdoses
[21] [22] [23] The epidemic began with the overprescription and abuse of prescription drugs. [24] However, as prescription drugs became less accessible in 2016 in response to CDC opioid prescribing guidelines, [25] there was an increase in demand and accessibility to cheaper, illicit alternatives to opioids such as heroin and fentanyl. [26]