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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. 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.

  4. Opioid epidemic in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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. [143]

  5. A new drug is on the rise, and it's 50 times more powerful ...

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    This isn't the first time the United States has faced fentanyl problems. The Guardian reports that more than 1,000 people died from overdoses cause by the drug between 2005 and 2008.

  6. Less-potent fentanyl pills may be playing a role in decrease ...

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    The US Drug Enforcement Administration says that less fentanyl is present in the nation’s illicit pill supply and that is helping drive down overdose deaths in the United States. But experts say ...

  7. Medical examiner says a Hawaii crime boss died of a drug ...

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    800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. ... died of “toxicity of fentanyl and para-fluorofentanyl,” the medical examiner’s office said in a statement. The death appears to have been ...

  8. Opioid epidemic - Wikipedia

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    In continental Europe, the rise of deaths as a result of opioid/opiate use had been partly due to chronic illnesses of addicts 40 years and older, but some of the recent deaths were experienced by younger users experimenting with 'designer drugs'. Generally speaking, the use of fentanyl by addicts in Europe has been rare as of 2022, according ...

  9. US set to take action to win China's cooperation on fentanyl

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    Blocking fentanyl "precursor" chemicals has been a priority for Washington as the rate of overdose deaths involving the drug more than tripled from 2016 through 2021, according to the U.S. Centers ...