A new study has found that America’s seniors are also hard-hit by the ongoing fentanyl crisis.
A report issued by the American Society of Anesthesiologists, analyzing federal health data, found that over the past eight years, U.S. adults aged 65 and older have experienced a 9,000 percent increase in overdose deaths involving fentanyl mixed with stimulants such as methamphetamine and cocaine.
The researchers analyzed 404,964 death certificates that listed fentanyl as a cause of death between 1999 and 2023 obtained via a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s database. Most of the deaths, or 387,924, were attributed to younger adults in the 25–64 age bracket, but 17,040 adults aged 65 or older were also present in the database….