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Deaths involving the opioid painkiller fentanyl more than doubled in a single year in the United States, according to a new report.
In 2014, 4,200 people in the U.S. died from overdoses involving fentanyl, up from 1,905 people in 2013, the report found. The rate of fentanyl deaths increased from 6 deaths per 1 million people to 13 deaths per 1 million people during that one-year period.
Fentanyl moved up the rankings, from the 9th most common drug involved in overdose deaths in 2013, to the 5th most common drug involved in overdose deaths in 2014. The singer-songwriter Prince died of an overdose of fentanyl in April 2016, according to officials in Minnesota.
Deaths from Fentanyl Overdoses Double In A Single Year | The Huffington Post
Mexico is flooding the US and Canada with cheap fentanyl, causing the death toll to rise. When a star like Prince dies from junk street fentanyl, it told me that the problem is reaching people from all walks of life now.
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