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  2. United States drug overdose death rates and totals over time

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    Drug overdose deaths in the US per 100,000 people by state. [1] [2] A two milligram dose of fentanyl powder (on pencil tip) is a lethal amount for most people. [3] The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has data on drug overdose death rates and totals. Around 1,106,900 US residents died from drug overdoses from 1968 ...

  3. Opioids mixed with cocaine or psychostimulants are driving ...

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    Drug overdose deaths involving cocaine and psychostimulants such as methamphetamine have been rising quickly in the United States in recent years, and a new report from the US Centers for Disease ...

  4. US overdose deaths continue their rise, data shows, with ...

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    New estimates from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics projects that more than 112,000 people died from a drug overdose in the 12-month ...

  5. Cocaine intoxication - Wikipedia

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    Cocaine increases alertness, feelings of well-being, euphoria, energy, sociability, and sexuality. The former are some of the desired effects of cocaine intoxication. Not having the normal use of mental faculties by reason of the introduction of cocaine is defined drug intoxication by the laws in America, Europe, and most of the rest of the World, and it is a serious crime in specific contexts ...

  6. Overdose deaths involving cocaine mixed with psychostimulants ...

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    Opioids mixed with cocaine or psychostimulants with abuse potential have driven overdose deaths in recent years, according to new findings from the CDC‘s National Center for Health Statistics ...

  7. Opioid epidemic in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 2017 alone, there were 70,237 recorded drug overdose deaths; of those deaths, 47,600 involved an opioid. [9] [10] A report from December 2017 estimated that 130 people die every day in the United States due to opioid-related drug overdose. [11] The great majority of Americans who use prescription opioids do not believe that they are misusing ...

  8. A new report shows drug overdose deaths still on decline in ...

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    Fentanyl caused the most deaths – 2,541 – followed by cocaine (1,149) and methamphetamine (995). The United States overall saw a 3 percent drop in overdose deaths in 2023, according to the U.S ...

  9. Cocaine in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) reported that in the United States in 1999 that cocaine was used by 3.7 million people, or 1.7% of the household population age 12 and older. Estimates of the current number of those who use cocaine regularly (at least once per month) vary, but 1.5 million is a widely accepted figure within ...