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  Statista: lifetime Odds of Dying From Selected Causes/ by Katharina Buchholz,  Aug 29, 2025 The National Safety Council reports that Americans are more likely to die from an opioid overdose than a car crash or suicide. The likelihood of dying from opioid use in the U.S. increased from lifetime odds of one in 96 in 2017 to one in 57 in 2023 (down from one in 55 in 2022). The same year, someone living in the U.S. only had one in 87 odds of dying of suicide and a one in 95 chance of dying in a car crash. Potent and deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl - which is often mixed with heroin without the knowledge of drug users - contributed to this dismal development together with the ongoing crisis of prescription pain killer misuse. The U.S. experienced 105,000 overdose deaths in 2023, down from 2022 after a severe uptick during the coronavirus pandemic. The most likely cause of death in the U.S. continues to be heart disease with lifetime odds of 1 in 6, followed by cancer and stroke....

  Statista 7 or 10 Overdose Deaths Involve Fentanyl by Felix Richter,  Aug 29, 2025 Perhaps the most dangerous thing about fentanyl is the fact that, due to its low price and high potency, it is often used to lace other drugs. Whether it’s heroin, cocaine, meth or counterfeit pills mimicking prescription opioids such as Vicodin or Oxycontin – fentanyl is frequently used to increase the potency of illicit drugs, often unbeknownst to the user. This hidden presence dramatically increases the risk of accidental overdose, since people may take what they believe is a familiar drug but are actually playing a game of Russian Roulette, always in danger of ingesting a lethal dose of fentanyl. According to CDC data, synthetic opioids, i.e. mostly fentanyl, are now involved in 7 out of 10 overdose deaths in the U.S. after having contributed to a dramatic surge in drug-related mortality over the past decade. Due to the aforementioned, often hidden presence of fentanyl in other drugs, it ha...

  Statista: Fentanyl Fuels Drug Overdose Deaths in the US by  Felix Richter,   Aug 29, 2025 Over the past 10 years, the United States has seen a dramatic surge in drug overdose deaths, an increase almost entirely fueled by the rise of synthetic opioids such as fentanyl. According to data published by the CDC, just over 105,000 overdose deaths were recorded in the U.S. in 2023 - the third consecutive year with more than 100,000 overdose deaths - with synthetic opioids involved in more than 70,000 or 69 percent of those deaths. To put this in perspective, the U.S. lost 58,220 people in the Vietnam War, meaning that fentanyl and similar drugs are now taking more American lives each year than that war did in more than a decade. Fentanyl is up to 50 times more potent than heroin and, due to its low price, it is often used to lace other drugs, which makes it especially dangerous. According to the CDC’s latest data, synthetic opioids such as fentanyl were involved in 7 out of 10...