| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | Überdosis - Drogentod
USA. Hidden Fentanyl Is Driving a Fatal New Phase in US Opioid Epidemic
USA. Hidden Fentanyl Is Driving a Fatal New Phase in US Opioid Epidemic
The rise of fentanyl has brought on the most dangerous phase yet in the US’s decades-long opioid epidemic, causing a surge in overdose deaths and crippling efforts to end a devastating addiction crisis.
Covid-19 helped pave the way for fentanyl’s ascent. Driven into boredom and isolation by the pandemic, many Americans turned to illegal drugs – and in 2020 and 2021, more people than ever were killed by fentanyl. (Bloomberg, USA, 13.12.2022)
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-us-fentanyl-opioid-deaths/