Fentanyl: Waiting for Your Turn to Die

Drugs like fentanyl are killing Floridians (and all Americans) far faster than heroin and, as America’s opioid epidemic to worsen. More Americans died from drug overdoses in one year than were killed in all of the Vietnam War, figures released at the end of 2017.

The data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that 1,566 Floridians died from a class of drugs that includes fentanyl in 2016, up sharply from the 610 people the year before. Heroin deaths increased from 567 to 669 in the same time period, the slowest rate of increase since 2010.

Drug overdoses were blamed for almost 64,000 deaths across the United States, up more than 11,000 from the year before. Opioids accounted for about two-thirds of the overdose deaths. The National Archives said all the years of the Vietnam War killed about 58,000 Americans.

Most in active addiction believe this will not happen to them, when in reality they are simply waiting their turn to die!

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Matthew Koenig is a freelance writer and principal of Last Call Marketing which devotes their efforts to Digital Marketing, SEO and Social Engagement. Concentrated in addiction recovery, Mr. Koenig is based out of South Florida. His sober date is June 10, 2013.

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