Death rates for people under 40 have skyrocketed. Blame fentanyl

A new Stateline analysis shows that U.S. residents under 40 were relatively unscathed by COVID-19 in the pandemic but fell victim to another killer: accidental drug overdose deaths.

Death rates in the age group were up by nearly a third in 2021 over 2018, and last year were still 21% higher.

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According to the CDC, over 107,000 Americans died from drug overdoses and poisonings from 2021 to 2022. And a staggering 67% of those involved synthetic opioids like Fentanyl. One big thing to note, some of these cases were attributed to Fentanyl being mixed in with other drugs, and users said they were unaware they were taking it.....MORE