Opioid crisis claims more lives

• Autores: Mallory Locklear
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3157-3158, 2017, pág. 33
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Tens of thousands of people will die from opioid drug use next year, as the US epidemic worsens. It is thought there were more than 53,000 opioid-related deaths there in 2016. Official tallies won't be released until next year, but a number of states--among them Missouri, Mississippi, Connecticut and Maryland--have already reported higher opioid-related death rates for 2017 than for 2016. While prescription painkillers have played a role in the epidemic, crackdowns mean many now get opioids on the street--including fentanyl, which can be 100 times more powerful than heroin. Given its trajectory, this trend is expected to worsen next year.