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    [OC] Meth and Fentanyl deaths in the United States by year

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    8. TheTrub on

      So are you grouping all opioids (fentanyl + others) and all stimulants (methamphetamine + others)? I know those two particular drugs were the primary ones being used and abused but that seems a bit confusing/misleading.

    11. lo_fi_ho on

      Insane numbers, it’s so sad. If this many died in wars there would be real public outrage.

    12. xsynergist on

      Meth doesn’t kill people or not enough people to matter. What you are seeing is all fentanyl. It fentanyl tainted meth that is killing them. Pure meth rarely causes death.

    14. kjpmi on

      How have methamphetamine deaths gone up so much since 2000? From near zero to over 30,000 a year?
      Has usage really gone up THAT much? I thought meth use has been pretty steady since the 2000s and it’s been big since what the 70s or 80s?

    15. CalgaryChris77 on

      I’m curious what it looks like for Canada… I’m having a hard time believing we are past our peak…. although narcan is doing the heavy lifting in the drop I presume.

    16. CloudsTasteGeometric on

      This is genuinely beautiful data.

      Just a few years ago it was believed that a reversal was impossible. It’s still exponentially worse now than a decade ago, but it’s moving in the right direction: and rapidly, at that.

    17. oldstalenegative on

      From what I’ve observed, it seems many drug overdose deaths go unreported.

      Of the three lifetime drug users I’ve known who have died while using drugs, not one was actually classified as an OD as far as I know; it’s always been some version of “undiagnosed heart condition.”

    18. AdorableExchange9746 on

      Those labels are useless. There’s a lot more stimulants with abuse potential than just meth

    19. mainlydank on

      Why does it say synthetic opiods other than methadone and stimulants with abuse potential? Is it listing all those and not just fentanyl and meth?

    20. Aeon1508 on

      I’ve seen Trump and the Republicans try to take credit for the fall in fentanyl deaths.

      what I see here is a huge Spike during his first term, it leveling off and going down under biden, and now it’s starting to turn back up. or at least the rate of decline has slowed

    22. drippysoap on

      So basically not nearly as many people were dying when we just had pharma opioids around. Looks like we should go back to pill mills. Add in a tiny amount of discretion and we’d be in a good spot.

    24. DiezDedos on

      Anecdotal but here’s my experience as a paramedic in a large-ish city. I used to go to a lot of opiate overdose calls. I still do, but I rarely push narcan anymore, because most of the time some friend or family member has already administered it before I got there. I can only imagine how many 911 calls DON’T happen because someone notices their buddy ODing, pushes narcan, and figures they’ll roll the dice because they’re scared of getting in trouble or something (look up Good Samaritan laws, you’ll be fine). 

      Opiate aids will still absolutely kill you to death. Narcan is so common now, I’ll bet ODs are very underreported

    25. yahwehforlife on

      2020 is when I was a meth addict and am now almost 6 years sober so this graph makes sense!

    26. SpaceCowBal on

      If someone overdosed on fentanyl and also had meth-amphetmaine in their system from say, the previous day, the overdose gets counted twice as a fentanyl overdose and a meth overdose, along with whatever other drugs were found in the system, like cocaine. So, with the availability of over the counter narcan, the amount of opioid-related overdoses has decreased, along with other drugs like methaphetamine, as seen on this graph because of this “double/triple counting”

    27. coltrainjones on

      There’s a good chance the decrease is at least partially due to 7oh. Fentanyl deaths start dipping right when 7oh came onto the market

      Edit: It’s definitely addictive but physically very safe compared to any regular opioid. More people have died from caffeine this year than anything related to 7oh. Many people traded pressed pill/fentanyl/nitazene addiction for it. Now that it’s getting banned again a significant amount of people will die as they return to black market alternatives. Prohibition doesn’t work

    31. Jluke413 on

      I think 7-oh and MGM-15 have a huge factor in this. Now that they’re gonna be both made illegal. I’m expecting that to spike higher than ever before.