How many deaths from drugs in the United States in 2022?

Montana
Jan 24, 2023
28 fentanyl overdoses, 8 deaths reported in Montana over 10 day period.

The age range of patients was 19 and 66 years old, with most between the ages of 20 and 40 years old.
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Fentanyl Flow to the United States

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Overdose/drug-related deaths are highest in the United States, followed closely by Scotland.
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Take LSD & Play Frisbee

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Death from prescription drugs(not illicit drugs) has been one of the leading cause of death for many, many, many years before fentanyl arrived.

Just look up cause of death year by year.

Doesn't it usually start with athletes needing pain meds for injuries?

"Unfortunately, a prescription sometimes leads to opioid addiction."

Most Common Prescription Opioids in Sports:

Oxycodone such as OxyContin or Percocet
Morphine
Fentanyl
Hydrocodone such as Vicodin
Codeine
Meperidine such as Demerol
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My long time friend/weed dealer died of fent. Thought he found a plug on xanx. They weren't xanx. Bosses son also dead of fent. Thought he was shooting heroin.

I cannot say that what you say is how it starts, but from my experience working with professional athletes, we are limited in what we can give an athlete because all the substance you listed are banned during the time athlete is competing and they are randomly drug tested. Besides, athletes comprise of very small percentage of population so their addiction problems and its consequences would not significantly contribute to the overall number.

More realistic scenario is this: someone have a surgery, they are given opioids for pain, love it, then after the surgery and recovery continue taking opioids.

Seems to be all over the news these days with this stuff.

The first time I ever heard of it is when I had to sign medical waivers for my grandmother who was completely destroyed by cancer.

I don't understand how all of these people are dying from this drug.

I was on a Fentanyl patch for severe back pain caused by two herniated discs for over six months before I got surgery to correct the problem. Is this a different kind of Fentanyl?

**Had to edit because I could not spell Fentanyl correctly. Doh!

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Drugs are inanimate objects.

Fentanyl patch is designed to release the drug in a controlled way over time.
Fentanyl in question is usually in a tablet form and can be bought outside of doctor’s prescription. Biggest producer of illicit fentanyl is China.

Guns are inanmate objects.

A lot of it is illicit fentanyl analogues and also now nitazenes which can be 100x more potent than fentanyl itself. The precursors are from china and usually shipped to mexico for manufacturing/synthesis into finished product. Probably why the demoncrats like open borders because it keeps the dangerous dope flowing. In turn this helps fund/support them while at the same time helping along their depop efforts!

Yes it is different, the street fentanyl is mixed with animal tranquilizer and many other substances to cut it for profit. Look up this YouTube channel called AML films, he records the people in Kensington in Philadelphia.

Trump made it possible to receive medication assisted therapy or MAT over telehealth therefore making life saving medication more easily available for those wanting to get help!! This was a big kick in the pants to demoncrats!!

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Oh...that's awful!

In 2001, I had to go on workerman's comp for a back injury. I was fine lying down, but severe pain while standing or walking. I'd be okay one day, then the next week, feeling awful pain.

Our company doctor wanted to perform surgery and put a pin in my back....in Chicago! I live on the east coast. I refused surgery, so I consulted an orthopedic surgeon at the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia). He recommended their pain clinic, not surgery.

I had the usual back injections and physical therapy. When nothing worked, they gave me Hydrocodone. If I can remember, I was to take a tablet in the am and one in the pm. Because I'm so afraid of drugs, I would take 1/2 a tab a day. I felt like a zombie while taking that drug. It clouds the mind. I was nauseated. It was not good. When I had blood in my urine, a little known side effect of it, I stopped taking it after a visit to the ER.

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Over twice as many killed in medical/ pharmaceutical mistakes.

Thank you, Galaxee and everyone else who responded. I'll look up this You Tube channel.

You all can probably tell I know zip nada about drugs.

the govt wont do anything about it, theyll just create a synthetic slighlty less harmful version and give it to addicts as a treatment, just like heroin! the govt needs money so they create a problem to fix it that generates revenue.
heroin has been around since the 60's, they couldve stopped it if they wanted too, but there is too much money to be made on the cure.

Here’s a crazy little tidbit. As long as the brain (brian) knows it’s in severe pain, opiates won’t have the same affect. Worst pain of my life and I used an entire ER supply of fentanyl. Didn’t even make a dent after using 4 vials. Took all their morphine too. It was enough to at least get my on my feet to walk out. That’s all they could do until a surgeon opened my spinal canal and cleaned out damage.


Q. So how come heroin users get away with taking heroin and fentanyl mixed together without physical pain?

A. The brain doesn’t know the difference between physical and mental pain.

Yeah, they done took the fun out of drugs. Pills and powders are off limits now. I feel bad for young ppl. It's really hard not to rip a line at a party if all your friends are doing it too. They have to grow up a little faster now.

Yeah, they done took the fun out of drugs. Pills and powders are off limits now. I feel bad for young ppl. It's really hard not to rip a line at a party if all your friends are doing it too. They have to grow up a little faster now.

So we must crack down on doctors prescribing it for pain management. We can't have people getting this shit from a pharmacy.

does that include the extremely powerful synthetic hormones -that are now given out like candy to younger people as the behest of mostly liberal democrats - which turn some of the victims into hormone monsters that go crazy and commit horrific acts of violence against citizens?

Everyone should read a prescription and know what the drug is and how much to take.

When my child was about 12 years old, she injured her leg. A physician gave me a prescription for her for pain. I read the prescription, knew what the name of the drug was and the dosage prescribed before handing it to the pharmacist.

Once filled, I walked out of the pharmacy and read the directions on the bottle. Instead of the prescribed once a day tablet as needed, the label on the prescription read to take a tablet four times a day.

Of course, I returned to the pharmacy and told them of the mistake. I was very calm, but very upset inside. If it happened today, I would have called a lawyer.

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