A new study reveals a 50-fold rise in US fentanyl-stimulant overdoses since 2010, marking a challenging 'fourth wave' in the opioid crisis, with racial disparities and regional variances in drug combinations. New research published in the scientific journal Addiction has found that the proportion
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A simplified schema of the four waves of the US overdose mortality crisis. Waves 1 and 2 include deaths involving commonly prescribed opioids, and heroin, respectively, but excluding fentanyl co-involved deaths. Wave 3 and Wave 4 show fentanyl deaths not involving, and involving, stimulants respectively as distinct trends. Data from CDC WONDER. Credit: Friedman and Shover, 2023, doi: 10.1111/add.
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