Fentanyl Drives Rise in Opioid-Linked Deaths in U.S.
The synthetic drug is more powerful than heroin or morphine
Thursday, August 31, 2017
THURSDAY, Aug. 31, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Fentanyl, a synthetic narcotic, is a key player in America's continuing epidemic of opioid-related overdose deaths, two new studies report.
Opioid OD deaths began increasing early this decade as people addicted to prescription painkillers started switching to heroin, which became cheaper and increased in supply, researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
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