https://consumerist.com/2017/10/27/more-than-half-of-opioid-overdose-deaths-now-involve-synthetic-drugs-like-fentanyl/

If you’ve had any doubt that America is in the throes of an opioid epidemic, perhaps a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will hit the point home.

According to the agency’s latest Morbidity and Mortality report, more than half the opioid overdose deaths in 10 states involved the synthetic drug fentanyl.