Posts Tagged ‘CDC’
Illicitly Manufactured Fentanyl Poisonings Doubled Nationwide Between 2015 and 2016
Drug overdose deaths increased 27.9% since 2015, and the CDC notes, “These increases primarily were driven by deaths involving synthetic opioids, for which the rate doubled from 2015 to 2016.” Synthetic opioids like illicit manufactured fentanyl are poisoning Americans in record numbers.
[...]New Report Shows 30 Percent Average Increase In ER Visits Because Of Opioid Overdoses
New data released by the CDC shows that on average there was a 30% increase in opioid-related overdose emergency room visits across the country. The Midwest was hit particularly hard with visits increasing there by 70%…
[...]CDC Paints a Grim Picture of the U.S. Fentanyl Crisis in Ohio
According to the CDC, “Approximately 90% of unintentional overdose deaths in 24 Ohio counties that occurred during January and February 2017 involved fentanyl, fentanyl analogs, or both.”
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