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Drug Deaths in America Are Rising Faster Than Ever
By JOSH KATZ JUNE 5, 2017
New data compiled from hundreds of health agencies reveals the extent of the drug overdose epidemic last year. RELATED ARTICLE
UPDATE The first governmental account of nationwide drug deaths shows roughly 64,000 people died from drug overdoses in 2016.
AKRON, Ohio** — Drug overdose deaths in 2016 most likely exceeded 59,000, the largest annual jump ever recorded in the United States, according to preliminary data compiled by The New York Times.
****Fentanyl isn’t new. But over the past three years, it has been popping up in drug seizures across the country. Most of the time, it’s sold on the street as heroin, or drug traffickers use it to make cheap counterfeit prescription opioids. Fentanyls are showing up in cocaine as well, contributing to an increase in cocaine-related overdoses.***The most deadly of the fentanyl analogues is carfentanil, an elephant tranquilizer 5,000 times stronger than heroin. An amount smaller than a few grains of salt can be a lethal dose. GUESS I"D BE WORRIED IF I WAS A PHARMACEUTICAL CEO
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