From 1999 to 2022, the Georgia Department of Public Health reports that 6,588 people have died from synthetic opioid overdoses. The state of Georgia notes that this category of drug is typically fentanyl.
Nearly every year since 1999, the number of overdoses in Georgia has gone up, to the point where in 2022, more than 60% of all overdose deaths in Georgia were said to be from those same synthetic opioids, according to the DPH’s OASIS database and additional data from the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC’s data shows there were 2,687 overdose deaths in Georgia in 2022. About 64% were from synthetic opioids such as fentanyl.
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