…fentanyl crisis…
…based on figures released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an average of 195 Americans died every single day in 2021
In Multnomah County, Oregon, fatal opioid-related overdoses saw a fivefold increase between 2018 and 2022, according to public health data. A record-high 209 people in the county died from fentanyl overdoses last year. Andrew Suchocki… medical director… said treating people who use fentanyl is exceptionally challenging. The trio of drugs — naltrexone, buprenorphine and methadone — used to help wean people off opiates is often outmatched by fentanyl’s potency, he said. Withdrawal tends to be so severe that people abandon treatment, leading to high failure rates, Suchocki said.
Original Article (CNN & Oregonlive ):
Opinion: Fentanyl is killing a shocking number of young Americans. What the US can do to respond & ‘Open-air drug use is at an all-time high’ in downtown Portland: Police turn to citations as fentanyl crisis explodes
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