University of Illinois
Many meth-related deaths are also tied to heroin and/or fentanyl, a new study finds.
Graphic by Michael B. Vincent
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The U.S. methamphetamine mortality rate increased fiftyfold between 1999 and 2021, with most of the added deaths also involving heroin or fentanyl, researchers report in the American Journal of Public Health.
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