00:00 A recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study reveals a troubling trend.
00:05 More overdose deaths are now linked to smoking drugs rather than injections.
00:10 Deaths related to smoking drugs surged by 73.7 percent, while injection-related deaths
00:15 dropped by 29.1 percent from 2020 to 2022. Synthetic opioids, like illegally manufactured
00:23 fentanyl, cost over 70 percent of the 2022 overdose deaths. The shift from injection
00:30 heroin to smoking IMF, especially in western states, reflects changing drug consumption
00:36 patterns. While smoking fentanyl may be slightly less lethal than injecting, both methods carry a
00:42 high risk of overdose, reports The Hill. Further research is needed to determine if smoking drugs
00:48 will reduce overdose deaths.
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