Sentences with phrase «synthetic opioids like»

«This is very consistent with data from the [U.S.] Drug Enforcement Administration that shows a great increase in the trafficking and availability of synthetic opioids like illicit fentanyl over the past few years,» said lead researcher Christopher Jones, of the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

According to the CDC, drug overdose deaths from synthetic opioids like fentanyl increased by 72 per cent between 2014 and 2015.

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Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 100 times more powerful than morphine, is traditionally used as a painkiller for extreme cases like end - of - life cancer patients.

The surge in drug overdoses is driven mostly by the improper use of opioids — prescription painkillers, heroin, and increasingly, synthetic drugs like fentanyl.