US drug overdose deaths, fueled by synthetic opioids, hit a new high in 2022, according to early estimates from the CDC
Overdose deaths surged during the first two years of the pandemic, exacerbating a years-long steady increase. Monthly updates to the provisional data suggest that overdose deaths have leveled off in 2022, but they still ended slightly higher than the year before. The 109,680 overdose deaths in 2022 are the highest recorded in a calendar year, compared with 109,179 in 2021.
More than two-thirds of all overdose deaths in 2022 involved a synthetic opioid – more than 75,000 deaths. Psychostimulants, such as methamphetamine, and cocaine have also become increasingly common over the past two years. Both types of drugs were involved in more than a quarter of all overdose deaths in 2022, according to provisional CDC data. Dr.
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