Headlines on the US drug crisis have long centered on opioids such as heroin and fentanyl. But overdose deaths involving cocaine and psychostimulants such as methamphetamines, MDMA, methylphenidate and caffeine have also been steadily rising, the CDC says
Headlines about America's drug crisis have long centered on opioids such as heroin and fentanyl. But a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention paints a more complicated picture of the drug crisis. Overdose deaths involving cocaine and psychostimulants such as methamphetamines, MDMA, methylphenidate and caffeine have also been steadily rising.
Insurer sent $33,000 to a man struggling with addiction. He used the cash to go on a binge -- and diedIn 2017, there were 23,139 overdose deaths involving these drugs, making up nearly a third of the 70,237 fatal overdoses that year, according to Thursday's report. Between 2015 and 2016, cocaine-related overdose death rates rose 52% while psychostimulant-related overdose death rates rose 33%. From 2016 to 2017, fatal overdose rates from both classes of drugs rose by about a third again.
However, the researchers also warned that it is still imperative to keep an eye on the mixed use of synthetic opioids and psychostimulants, as there has been an increase in overdose deaths involving both classes of drugs in recent years. Between 2015 and 2017, overdose death rates involving both classes of drugs have risen annually by 143%.The researchers noted that preliminary data for 2018 indicates that rising overdose trends in these classes of drugs will continue.
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