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New horror drug combination causing ‘fourth wave’ of opioid deaths across the US

A spike in overdose deaths has resulted from the combination of fentanyl and stimulants like cocaine and methamphetamines, a new study reveals – and it’s causing the fourth wave in the opioid crisis

The American drug crisis is transitioning to the fourth wave – and it’s being perpetuated by a horrific, relatively new concoction of lethal, illicit substances.

Fentanyl overdose deaths have been on the rise as the drug gains a larger foothold in the country. Over 70,000 people died of a fentanyl-related overdose in 2021, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

But now, people are mixing the drug, which is anywhere from 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine, with stimulants like cocaine and methamphetamines. And that creates a deadly combination.

In a study published in the scientific journal “Addiction” titled ” Charting the fourth wave: Geographic, temporal, race/ethnicity and demographic trends in polysubstance fentanyl overdose deaths in the United States, 2010–2021,” the authors concluded that stimulants were the most common drug mixed with fentanyl detected in overdose cases in 2021.

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