From 2021 to 2024, 59% of overdose deaths involved stimulants, according to research published recently in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Lauren J. Tanz, Sc.D., from the CDC in Atlanta, and colleagues used CDC State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System data to describe the characteristics of stimulant-involved overdose deaths during January 2021 to June 2024.

The researchers found that during January 2021 to June 2024, 59.0% of overdose deaths involved stimulants: 43.1% and 15.9% co-involved stimulants and opioids and involved stimulants and no opioids, respectively.

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