Notes from the field: fentanyl drug submissions - United States, 2010-2017 - Springer YP, Gladden RM, O'Donnell J, Seth P.

In 2017, the United States recorded 70,237 drug overdose deaths; among these, 47,600 (67.8%) involved an opioid, and 28,466 (40.5%) involved a synthetic opioid other than methadone (e.g., fentanyl and tramadol) (1). During 2013 –2017, sustained growt...
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