The epidemic's staggering scale and infiltration of communities is laid bare in a new study.
Sean Blake died from a fentanyl overdose in 2017. He is one of thousands of Americans who lost their lives to the country's staggering overdose crisis.More Americans than ever are dying from fentanyl overdoses as the fourth wave of the opioid epidemic crashes through every community, in every corner of the country.
In 2010, less than 40,000 people died from a drug overdose across the country, and less than 10% of those deaths were tied to fentanyl.The contrast is outlined inby researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles that examines trends in US overdose deaths from 2010-21 using data compiled by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"In 2018, around 80% of fentanyl overdoses happened east of the Mississippi river," Chelsea Shover, an assistant professor at UCLA's school of medicine and co-author of the study, told the BBC. For example, researchers found higher death rates related to the use of fentanyl and cocaine in north-eastern US states, like Vermont and Connecticut, where cocaine has been traditionally more available.
It is also highly addictive, meaning people who struggle with substance use and are exposed to it often seek it out to avoid painful withdrawals. For Rasheeda Watts-Pearson, an Ohio-based harm reduction specialist, the data reflects what she has seen in her region. Even marketing campaigns made to bring awareness to the opioid crisis have not included the experience of black Americans, she said.
And experts like Prof Shover have cautioned that treatment options in the US for substance use have not kept up.
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