![]() | Deaths involving synthetic opioids, mostly fentanyls, have risen to more than 20,000 from 3,000 in just three years. At the same time, there has been a resurgence in cocaine and methamphetamine deaths. Reports from state health departments and county coroners and medical examiners suggest that the overdose epidemic has continued to worsen in 2017. Steepest rises were in Delaware, Florida and Maryland. |