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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) provides data on drug overdose death rates and totals in the United States.
(COLORADO) — Colorado has officially surpassed the previous record set in the state for fentanyl pills seized, totaling 2.7 million “fake pills” confiscated so far in 2024, according to the ...
The CDC presumes that a large proportion of the increase in deaths is due to illegally-made fentanyl; as the statistics on overdose deaths (as of 2015) do not distinguish pharmaceutical fentanyl from illegally-made fentanyl, the actual death rate could, therefore, be much higher than reported.
While overdoses involving fentanyl in the United States have decreased in 2024, the overall percentage of overdoses involving fentanyl has remained stable between 70% and 80% from 2021-2024. [103] According to a 2023 report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the increased numbers of deaths are not related to an increased ...
Fentanyl has been associated with an increase in overdose deaths over the last several years. It is up to 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine, and can be ...
Then in 2021, he said there were 41 drug-related deaths with 23 due to fentanyl, or 56%. Wilson’s figures show the percentages of the fentanyl-related deaths kept rising over this three-year period.
Between May 2023 and January 2024, law enforcement in the city seized 145 pounds of fentanyl. [9] In early 2024, the California Highway Patrol recovered 42 pounds of fentanyl within a ten-mile radius of the Tenderloin neighborhood in San Francisco. In the same period, the CHP issued more than 6,000 drug-related citations, leading to nearly 500 ...
Fentanyl deaths among teens more than doubled from 2019 to 2020, increasing from 253 to 680. Last year, the number jumped to 884, according to a report from the Journal of the American Medical Assn.