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Understanding America's Surge in Fentanyl and Other Synthetic Opioids | NLM

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10/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT


Source: RAND Corporation. Published: 10/2019. This eight-page research brief offers a systematic assessment of the past, present, and possible futures of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids. The assessment is rooted in secondary data analysis, literature and document reviews, international case studies, and key informant interviews. It found that overdoses involving fentanyl and other synthetic opioids claimed more than 30,000 lives in 2018, a 10-fold increase since 2013, and that synthetic opioids drive up deaths rather than the number of users. (PDF)

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