What is fentanyl and why is it behind the deadly surge in US drug overdoses?

Kavita Babu, MD, professor of emergency medicine, writes for The Conversation about illicitly manufactured fentanyl that is driving the increasing number of opioid overdose deaths.

What is fentanyl and why is it behind the deadly surge in US drug overdoses?

Education on fentanyl, other drugs often optional in California schools, if offered at all

As fentanyl overdoses surge, education on how to reduce their impacts remains insufficient - Virginia Mercury

It's Huge, It's Historic, It's Unheard-of': Drug Overdose Deaths Spike - The New York Times

Opioid epidemic in the United States - Wikipedia

How illicit fentanyl drives overdose deaths year after year

Synthetic Opioid's North American Footprint: Assessing the Likelihood of the Fentanyl Crisis Engulfing Europe

Black New Yorkers-Surge of Overdose deaths

What is fentanyl and why is it behind the deadly surge in US drug overdoses?

Modeling the evolution of the US opioid crisis for national policy development

Five Things to Know about Fentanyl on National Fentanyl Awareness Day 2023 – Rockefeller Institute of Government

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