Funding cuts for fentanyl test strips raise concerns: "It doesn't make sense"
Test strips cost about $1 each and can be used to check drugs for dangerous contaminants, including fentanyl and xylazine.
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Test strips cost about $1 each and can be used to check drugs for dangerous contaminants, including fentanyl and xylazine.
Members of the Biden White House celebrated the report but said there's still more work to be done to further reduce overdose deaths.
Drug overdose deaths from opioids such as heroin and fentanyl have fallen from a peak in 2023.
Nationally, 107,543 Americans died from overdoses last year. Of those deaths, 74,000 were from synthetic opioids. Two South Florida mothers share their story.
Almost one in five survey responders had lost a family member or close friend to a drug overdose, researchers found.
Opioid overdose deaths decreased, but there was an increase in overdose deaths from psychostimulants like meth and cocaine.
Touching fentanyl or being near it won't cause a drug overdose, experts told CBS News.
The CDC says more than 107,000 Americans died from overdoses in 2021, up 15% from the year before
