Medical Xpress August 5, 2024
Drug-involved overdose deaths increased by over 500% in 2022, according to a study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, with trends attributed to synthetic opioids. National data shows that fentanyl and heroin in particular contributed substantially to the rise, particularly since 2014. However, the study also reports that income protection policies can have a supportive role in preventing fatal drug overdoses.
The findings are reported in the International Journal of Drug Policy.
Over 73,000 people died from an overdose in 2020, which subsequently increased to 106,699 people in 2021, a record for the highest number of overdose deaths in one year.
“And in fact, more recently, we entered a fourth wave of the overdose crisis, characterized by fatal...
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