However, from 2013 to 2023, there was a decrease in heroin concentration
Findings seen for doses >16 mg and emergency department or inpatient utilization
Plurality of seizures in West, with 77.8 percent of seizures in the West in pill form
Rapid induction to extended-release buprenorphine 300-mg injection feasible and well tolerated for those using fentanyl
Proportion of stimulant involvement in fentanyl-involved overdose deaths increased in almost every state from 2015 to 2021
The nasal spray version of naloxone will be available at select retailers for $44.99 for a box of two doses
Fentanyl is responsible for about 70,000 deaths each year in the United States
Man who sold fentanyl to a 15-year-old girl who died of an overdose last summer has been convicted of second-degree murder
Monthly percentage of illicitly manufactured fentanyl-involved deaths with xylazine detected increased from 2.9 to 10.9 percent
Increase seen in age-adjusted drug overdose death rates involving methamphetamine, cocaine; decrease reported in death rates involving oxycodone