Cases Fentanil Child poisoning across the United States is constantly increasing for most last decades, according to the new studio posted on Friday.
Researchers looked over over 3,000 incidents of nephatal Exposure to Fentanila In children up to 19 years reported for poison centers, and are located 1,194.2% increase between 2015. and 2023. years, according to the study published in the American drug abuse and alcohol abuse.
Exposures are categorized as abuse or abuse or as unintentional. During the studied period, the percentage of abuse or drug abuse cases increased from 26.1% to 39.2%, while there was a reduction in unintentional exposures, 47.8% to 35.4%.
When the numbers were broken into two age groups, teenagers had a larger probable 13 to 19 years exposed to Fentanil than children 12 and younger. There were 379 Fentanyl exposures among children aged 12, and under reported poison centers compared to 514 among teenagers aged 13 to 19, and researchers found.
Most cases of Fentanil exposure among teenagers, 65.7%, is characterized as intentional abuse or abuse, the authors of the study have found the authors of the study. The older group of children was also more likely to be exposed to cannabis, cocaine, metamphetamine and alcohol, in accordance with the data analyzed data. Among the children 12 and below, 81.7% were discovered to be exposed to some exposed to Fentanil.
Overall, the percentage of abuse or abuse between 2015. and 2023 increased by 50.2%, while 41% of all cases resulted in “great, dangerous to life,” the study said.
The study determined that 76.9% of cases in children are 12 and under the involvement of exposure by swallowing, compared to 54.1% of cases in teenagers.
Researchers quoted a 2024 study In the international journal of drug policies, which revealed that 49% of the U.S. Fentanila was 2023. in the form of a tablet, notes that there is a trend regarding counterfeit pills containing Fentanil. Last week, Mexican authorities seized 275,000 pills Fentanil With a street value of 6.5 million dollars from the box of sliced cactus related to Arizona.
False prescription tablets containing fentanil and other powerful opioides contribute to a large number of overdoses across the country, according to the words Drug Execution Administration. 2022. Year, DEA revealed that about 6 in 10 false pills for a recipe for a fake Fentanyl contain potentially deadly dose of Fentanil.
There were 105,007 reported death overdose in the US 2023. years, toward Numbers from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It fell about 3% of 2022. year, when there were 107,941 death deaths, the Agency said.
CDC estimates That about 74,000 deaths of overdose in 2023. years associated with fentanil.
Most of the fentanilo that enters the US passes through Mexico, CBS news has been reported beforeAnd almost all of the fentanil entering the United States make two Mexican cartels using chemicals that are mostly purchased in China.
Bill Whilaker contributed to this report.
2025-03-08 22:04:00
