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.