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Fentanyl plus stimulants drives ‘fourth wave’ of overdose epidemic in the U.S. (www.nbcnews.com)

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The U.S. is in the throes of what researchers have deemed a “fourth wave” of the opioid crisis, a phase characterized by overdose deaths caused by the combination of stimulants and the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl.

Overdose deaths in the U.S. surpassed 100,000 for the first time in 2021, fueled by the rise of synthetic opioids, which accounted for 75% of those deaths. Once propelled by prescription opioids and then heroin, the decadeslong crisis was overwhelmed by synthetic opioids in the mid-2010s.

Now it has taken on a new challenge: so-called polysubstance overdoses, which include more than one drug.

The proportion of overdoses involving fentanyl and a stimulant — most commonly cocaine and methamphetamine — increased more than fiftyfold from 2010 to 2021, a study published Thursday in the journal Addiction found.

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[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

I've never heard anyone blame the addict for fentanyl.
It's the assholes that cut it into other drugs that are to blame.

[–] popemichael@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Blaming the addict is common I'm finding. I've sadly experienced it a lot over the last month since my father passed from an over dosage.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

Yeah people that don't know usually blame addicts. Thankfully people that have been through it or know someone that has and they have empathy do understand.

I've lost a lot of friends.

[–] Uranium3006@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A major cause is drug dealers not cleaning their scales. There's no FDA oversight of illegal drug dealers and small enough quantities of fent that can still kill cam end up in other drugs they sell via dirty scales and other equipment

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

People need to clean their shit.