Americans may remember 2022 for events like Hurricane Ian, Uvalde's mass shooting and the 's abortion ruling. But beneath the headlines, a spread its dark shadow across the country.
Fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid, emerged as the silent killer driving a 44 percent rise in overdose deaths, which reached 107,000 in the 12 months to January 2022 — more than gun and motor vehicle deaths combined.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention () says fentanyl and its chemical copycats caused about two thirds of those deaths — often young people who thought they were .
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