Get Smart About Drugs a DEA Resource – 2020
For the first time in decades, drug overdose deaths declined in the U.S., according to the latest numbers from the National Center for Health Statistics. In 2018, there were 67,367 fatal overdoses – a 4.1% drop from 2017 when there were 70,237 deaths. While overall drug deaths are down, deaths due to synthetic opioids, like fentanyl, jumped 10% – from 0.9% to 9.9% – between 2017 and 2018. In addition, cocaine deaths increased about 27% each year from 2012 through 2018. Read the full report.
