"Rising Trend: Smoking Overtakes Injection in Drug Overdose Deaths, US Study Reveals"
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A new CDC study suggests that smoking has become the most common method of taking drugs in U.S. overdose deaths, surpassing injecting. The study found that smoking fentanyl is on the rise and may be somewhat less deadly than injecting it, but both methods carry a substantial overdose risk. Illicit fentanyl, often cut into heroin or other drugs, has been a primary driver of the U.S. overdose epidemic. The study, based on data from 2020 to 2022, revealed a 74% increase in smoking-related deaths and a 29% decrease in injection-related deaths. However, accurately determining the method of drug intake in overdose deaths can be challenging.
- More people die after smoking drugs than injecting them, US study finds The Associated Press
- Smoking drugs now linked to more overdose deaths than injecting drugs, report finds CNN
- Smoking surpasses injection as main route of fatal drug overdoses The Boston Globe
- Routes of Drug Use Among Drug Overdose Deaths — United States, 2020–2022 | MMWR CDC
- More overdose deaths now linked to smoking drugs instead of injections: Research The Hill
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