The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) recently announced a decline in the presence of fentanyl in the nation's illicit pill supply, attributing it to a reduction in overdose deaths in the United States. According to DEA Administrator Anne Milgram, about 5 out of every 10 fentanyl pills tested this year contained lethal doses, down from 7 out of 10 last year.
Furthermore, federal data indicates a nearly 15% decrease in overdose deaths between June of this year and the previous year, with approximately 16,000 fewer lives lost. The majority of this decline was in deaths involving fentanyl and other synthetic opioids.
