42,687 overdose deaths (OD) involved fentanyl in the 12 months leading up to May 2020.
Fentanyl OD rates are rising 2.5 times faster than heroin ODs.
Fentanyl ODs outpace prescription opioid ODs 550.94%.
5% of urine specimens in clinics dealing in primary care, pain management and substance abuse test positive for fentanyl.
1 kilogram of fentanyl contains 250,000 lethal doses.
From 2013 to 2015, DEA agents confiscated 239 kilograms or 59.75 million lethal doses of fentanyl.
5 million prescriptions for fentanyl were written in 2015.
4 million prescriptions were sold in 2018, decreasing by 40% over three years.
42% of pills tested for fentanyl contained at least 2 mg of fentanyl. That is considered a potentially lethal dose.
Between January 31, 2020 and January 30, 2021, ODs from synthetic opioids (mostly illicitly manufactured fentanyl) increased by over 55%.
42,687 overdose deaths (OD) involved fentanyl in the 12 months leading up to May 2020.
Fentanyl OD rates are rising 2.5 times faster than heroin ODs.
Fentanyl ODs outpace prescription opioid ODs 550.94%.
5% of urine specimens in clinics dealing in primary care, pain management and substance abuse test positive for fentanyl.
1 kilogram of fentanyl contains 250,000 lethal doses.
From 2013 to 2015, DEA agents confiscated 239 kilograms or 59.75 million lethal doses of fentanyl.
5 million prescriptions for fentanyl were written in 2015.
4 million prescriptions were sold in 2018, decreasing by 40% over three years.
42% of pills tested for fentanyl contained at least 2 mg of fentanyl. That is considered a potentially lethal dose.
Between January 31, 2020 and January 30, 2021, ODs from synthetic opioids (mostly illicitly manufactured fentanyl) increased by over 55%.
