There were more than 100,000 deaths in the U.S. during the pandemic.
It can also be manufactured to look like real prescription pills and be illegally imported and sold throughout the U.S., contributing to this crisis.Tablets of the opioid-based Hydrocodone at a pharmacy in Portsmouth, Ohio, June 21, 2017.
"We have already seized 12,000 pounds of fentanyl," said Anne Milgram, administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration."This year alone, the DEA has seized enough fentanyl to provide every member of the United States population with a lethal dose."MORE: NHL player's death highlights spike in fentanyl-related drug overdose deaths
"This alarming data indicates a crisis in the mental health community caused by both the ongoing pandemic and fentanyl's explosion on the illegal drug scene," said Dr. Akhil Anand, a psychiatrist with Cleveland Clinic."This new report should be another continued wake-up call to the overdose deaths happening every day, and people often don't even know what they are taking. This is a public health crisis, and it is crucial we continue to get people into treatment quickly.
Lauren Joseph, a student at Stanford Medical School, is a contributor to the ABC News Medical Unit. Alexis E. Carrington, M.D., is an ABC News Medical Unit associate producer and a rising dermatology resident at The George Washington University.
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