Lynn R. Webster, MD
Did you see the news? Law enforcement seizure of illicit fentanyl has soared, changing the face of drug-related deaths and necessitating new public health strategies to meet the evolving threat (Illegal street drugs, not prescriptions, now powering opioid abuse, study finds. Statnews.com. Aug. 25, 2016). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported an 80% increase in synthetic opioid deaths nationally from 2013 to 2014, an increase that