Opioid Overdose Deaths by Type of Opioid KFF State Health Facts
As prescriptions for these drugs fell, heroin, and eventually illicit fentanyl, became the main drivers of opioid overdose deaths. Drug overdoses are one of the leading causes of injury death in adults and have risen over the past several decades in the United States (1–3). Overdoses involving synthetic opioids (fentanyl, for example) and stimulants (cocaine […]
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