US overdose deaths from fentanyl and synthetic opioids doubled in 2016

National Center for Health Statistics estimates drug overdoses killed 64,070 people in the US last year, a rise of 21% from 2015The number of drug overdose deaths in the US increased by 21% last year, according to new statistics – with synthetic-opioid fatalities more than doubling in number.The National Center for Health Statistics, a division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (CDC) estimates that drug overdoses killed 64,070 people in the US last year, a rise of 21% over the 52,898 drug overdose deaths recorded in 2015. Continue reading…

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