Fentanyl kills more than gun and auto deaths combined!
[su_dropcap style=”simple”]I[/su_dropcap]In the United States, fentanyl overdose deaths increased by more than twice as many in 2022 as they did in 2019, which was three years earlier. The number of deaths caused by fentanyl has been steadily climbing over the past ten years, but the year 2022 saw the smallest year-over-year increase, coming in at 4.3%. The state of West Virginia had the highest rate of fentanyl overdose deaths in the country in 2022, with 60.8 deaths per 100,000 people due to fentanyl overdoses. This rate is approximately 34% higher than the rate in Delaware, which is the state with the second-highest rate.
Instead of coming from poppies, fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is created in a lab using precursor molecules. It has 100 times the potency of morphine and 50 times the potency of heroin combined. Two milligrams of fentanyl is typically regarded as a deadly dosage for the majority of people, according to the DEA. This is the same as a handful of salt.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is up to fifty times more powerful than heroin and one hundred times more powerful than morphine, is a highly potent type of opioid substitute. Heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, and counterfeit pills all contain fentanyl that was produced against the law. In the United States, an additional 1.2 million people will have lost their lives as a result of opioid-fentanyl drug overdoses by the end of this decade, according to a significant study that was published in the medical journal Lancet.[/dropshadowbox]
Fentanyl was created as a potent analgesic for cancer patients nearing the end of their lives. It can be given as an injection, patch, or lozenge in a medical environment. Covertly manufactured fentanyl is typically a powder that is mixed with other drugs (cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, even marijuana) or compressed into phony tablets that resemble Molly, OxyContin, Percocet, Vicodin, Xanax, Alprazolam, Adderall, or other pills.
