FACTS
FENTANYL IN NUMBERS
Fentanyl is claiming lives every day across the world—here’s what the numbers reveal:
50
TIMES
stronger than heroin.
100
TIMES
stronger than morphine.
2
MILLIGRAMS
can be fatal.
48
THOUSAND
deaths caused by synthetic opioids, primarily fentanyl, in 2024.
60
PERCENT
of overdose deaths in the US involved fentanyl in 2024.
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