{"id":12197,"date":"2018-12-13T08:43:23","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T13:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12197"},"modified":"2018-12-13T08:43:23","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T13:43:23","slug":"fentanyl-surpasses-heroin-as-drug-most-often-involved-in-deadly-overdoses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12197","title":{"rendered":"Fentanyl Surpasses Heroin As Drug Most Often Involved In Deadly Overdoses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Laurel Wamsley for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>Fentanyl is now the drug most frequently involved in overdose deaths in the U.S., according to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/data\/nvsr\/nvsr67\/nvsr67_09-508.pdf\">National Vital Statistics System report<\/a>\u00a0published Wednesday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2018\/12\/12\/676214086\/fentanyl-surpasses-heroin-as-drug-most-often-involved-in-deadly-overdoses?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=68297738&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--lVIs8EyoGsV5A5Rc47URkVDbtnNrtV6yl6jwRTZDl_blmmkwMsThsmdDSVIBByH0_TT6eqdmQOUXi8K9yDoQl1-hWwA&amp;_hsmi=68297738\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Laurel Wamsley for NPR) Fentanyl is now the drug most frequently involved in overdose deaths in the U.S., according<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emerging-health-issues","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12197"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12198,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12197\/revisions\/12198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}