Oct 27, 2017 ... Illegal, lab-made fentanyl helped kill at least half the people who died of ... “Illicitly  manufactured fentanyl is now a major driver of opioid ... “Fentanyl was involved in  more than 50 percent of opioid overdose deaths, and more than 50 ... the  synthetic opioids to heroin or other, more common street drugs to ...
Mar 29, 2017 ... Drug overdoses now kill more Americans than HIV/AIDS did at its peak. ... That's  more drug overdose deaths than any other period in US history ... to fentanyl, an  opioid that's even more potent and cheaper than heroin.
May 1, 2018 ... ... as the No. 1 killer in the opioid epidemic, according to a new report. ...  Synthetics now killing more people than prescription opioids, report says ...  Where does America's heroin come from? 01:45 ... 1 killer in the epidemic;  Fentanyl-related deaths more than tripled between 2010 and 2016, a report says.
Nov 29, 2018 ... Why are more Americans than ever dying from drug overdoses? ... killed as many  Americans in a single year as overdoses did in 2017. ... Major cities and rural  areas are now in the grip of the crisis ... heroin and synthetic opioids (eg fentanyl)  cause the most deaths ... But there are other elements at work.
Jun 8, 2017 ... In one year, drug overdoses killed more Americans than the entire Vietnam War  did ... Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats  available. ... of opioid — painkillers, heroin, or fentanyl — was behind the deaths.  ... involving opioids alone, other times involving drugs like alcohol and ...
Fentanyl is now killing more Americans than heroin or any other opioid.