During May 2020 through April 2021, the estimated number of drug overdose deaths in the US was greater than 100,000 with 64% of deaths involving synthetic opioids, mainly illicitly manufactured fentanyls. In a recent MMWR report, how many of the deaths also involved a stimulant?
O’Donnell J et al. reported that approximately four in 10 deaths due to illicitly manufactured fentanyl also involved a stimulant with cocaine being the most common stimulant involved.
O’Donnell J, Tanz LJ, Gladden RM, Davis NL, Bitting J. Trends in and Characteristics of Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Illicitly Manufactured Fentanyls — United States, 2019–2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. ePub: 14 December 2021. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7050e3
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