Pipeline, Timeline & Milestones Mission

Between June 2019 to May 2020:

Over 81,000 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States . the highest number of overdose deaths ever recorded in a 12-month period,

Synthetic opioids (primarily illicitly manufactured fentanyl) are the primary driver of the increases in overdose deaths, increasing 38.4 percent . ( CDC *) .

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2020/p1218-overdose-deaths-covid-19.html