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How a Shift From Injecting to Smoking Fentanyl Is Helping Reduce Overdose Deaths
After 25 years of rising overdose rates, the U.S. is seeing a significant decline in drug-related deaths, driven in part by fentanyl users increasingly switching from injection to smoking.
Key Takeaways
- U.S. overdose deaths are declining after 25 years of steady increases
- Users switching from injecting to smoking fentanyl reduces sudden fatal overdoses
- Harm reduction groups providing smoking supplies see rapid adoption by users
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