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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 ...
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]
On 25 September 2003, American professional wrestler Anthony Durante, also known as "Pitbull #2", died from a fentanyl-induced overdose. [217] On 24 May 2009, Wilco guitarist Jay Bennett died from an accidental overdose of fentanyl. [218] [219] [220] On 24 May 2010, Slipknot bassist Paul Gray died from an overdose of morphine and fentanyl. [221]
Fentanyl has made headlines for driving overdose deaths, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning of the rise of an even deadlier drug. Last year, nearly 70% of all U.S ...
According to the county, 73% of the 176 overdose deaths last year were due to fentanyl. Deaths from methamphetamine overdoses were 10% of the total. Another 10% were caused by other drugs, and 8% ...
The county’s 60 fentanyl overdose deaths in 2020 grew to 97 in 2021 and 128 in 2022. Drug traffickers are now combining fentanyl with many other drugs and don’t have standards to keep the ...
As overdose deaths involving heroin more than quadrupled since 2010, what was a slow stream of illicit fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 to 100 times stronger than morphine, is now a flood, with the amount of the powerful drug seized by law enforcement increasing dramatically. America is awash in opioids; urgent action is critical. [142]
“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%.