> Haven’t most opioid overdoses of the past 5-10 years been fentanyl (or carfentanyl) overdoses? Well, the data [1] is really mixed depending on the year. It

> Haven’t most opioid overdoses of the past 5-10 years been fentanyl (or carfentanyl) overdoses? Well, the data [1] is really mixed depending on the year. It looks like fetanyl deaths really exploded in 2016, exceeding the prescription opioid deaths then. We'd probably have to examine the source data [2], and go back more in time to get a good feel for it. [1] https://www.drugabuse.gov/drug-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates https://www.drugabuse.gov/drug-topics/trends-statistics/over... [2] https://www.drugabuse.gov/sites/default/files/Overdose_data_1999-2019.xlsx https://www.drugabuse.gov/sites/default/files/Overdose_data_...