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CDC statistics for 2021indicate 107,600 Overdose deaths and 71,238 attributed to Fentanyl (synthetic opioid)

More than 107,600 Americans died from drug overdoses last year, the highest annual death toll on record, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. 

Overdose deaths increased 15 percent in 2021, up from an estimated 93,655 fatalities the year prior, according to a report from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), which collects data on a range of health topics, including drug use.

According to the NCHS report, fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid, was involved in the most overdose deaths in 2021: 71,238.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cdc-says-drug-overdose-deaths-reached-highest-record-last-year-rcna28129