Record-High Fentanyl Deaths Are Beginning to Decline

Overdose deaths involving selected drugs, per year

Line chart of overdose deaths involving selected drugs from 2015 to 2024 where deaths from synthetic opioids are the highest, spiked in 2022, and have since began to decline.

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Notes: Deaths may involve more than one drug. “Synthetic opioids” excludes methadone.

Source: CDC