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The Fentanyl Crisis in America


The Fentanyl Crisis in America: Inaction is No Longer an Option

They titled this hearing, ``The Fentanyl Crisis in America: Inaction is No Longer an Option.'' Republicans suggest that there has been no action to ...

Facts about Fentanyl - DEA.gov

According to the CDC, synthetic opioids (like fentanyl) are the primary driver of overdose deaths in the United States. Comparison between 12 months-ending ...

Frontline Against Fentanyl | U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Arrested over 3,600 subjects connected to fentanyl criminal networks, and seized over 27,000 lbs. · Synthetic opioid overdoses are the leading cause of U.S. ...

Fentanyl Awareness - DEA.gov

National Fentanyl Awareness Day. Spread the word to save a life. Illicit fentanyl is driving the recent increase in US drug overdose deaths. Learn More ...

Drug Overdose Deaths: Facts and Figures

Over 115 million pills containing illicit fentanyl seized by law enforcement in 2023 ... Two teenage girls talking and walking together down a ...

Fighting the Fentanyl Crisis in America | University of Nevada, Las ...

Health experts have called the fentanyl crisis in North America the most lethal drug epidemic in history. Graphic with words on screen, The ...

Why Is Fentanyl Driving Overdose Deaths? > News > Yale Medicine

In 2022, according to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), close to 83,000 people died from opioid ...

Fentanyl and the U.S. Opioid Epidemic | Council on Foreign Relations

Introduction. Fentanyl and other opioids are fueling the worst drug crisis in the history of the United States. More than 1,500 Americans per ...

The Fentanyl Crisis Requires Ongoing and Strategic Federal Action

More than two thirds (68%) of the reported 107,081 drug overdose deaths in 2022 involved illicitly manufactured fentanyl. Black Americans and ...

Understanding the Opioid Overdose Epidemic - CDC

The rate of overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids other than methadone (primarily illegally made fentanyl and fentanyl analogs) increased ...

Addressing the Overdose Crisis - United States Department of State

Tragically, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that more than 105,000 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States in the 12 ...

Understanding the Fentanyl and Opioid Crisis: US-Mexico Solutions

Overview. Fentanyl and other opioids are fueling the worst drug crisis in the history of the United States. According to the CDC, 107,375 people in the United ...

Fentanyl Flow to the United States - DEA.gov

The flow of fentanyl into the United States in 2019 is more diverse compared to the start of the fentanyl crisis in 2014, with new source countries and new ...

Combating the Opioid Crisis - ICE

For law enforcement, the fight against narcotics continues. In 2016, nearly 30 years later, more than 20,000 Americans were killed by fentanyl ...

Fentanyl Crisis | Congressman Dan Newhouse - House.gov

Communities across Central Washington have been devastated by the epidemic of synthetic opioids like fentanyl—the leading cause of death for people ages ...

Drop in U.S. overdose deaths accelerates as fentanyl crisis eases

A new CDC report shows at least 16000 lives were saved over a 12-month period. Experts say the U.S. is experiencing the biggest drop in ...

The Opioid Epidemic in the United States - SHADAC

Deaths began to climb first from heroin, an illegal opioid that has been trafficked for decades by criminal enterprises, then from fentanyl and similar ...

Opioid crisis: addiction, overprescription, and insufficient primary ...

In 2019, opioids were responsible for 15.8 and 6.4 deaths per 100,000 people in the USA and Canada, respectively. This emergency prompted the launch of the ...

The Drug Crisis - Trump White House Archives

After his inauguration, President Donald J. Trump established the President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis to provide ...

Opioid Misuse in Rural America - USDA

In 2020, the age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths increased 31% compared to 2019. Adults aged 35-44 experienced the highest rates of drug overdose ...