Current Statistics
In 2023, 72,800 Americans died from fentanyl poisoning, a slight decrease from 2022 with an estimated 73,900 deaths. That's 200 fentanyl deaths a day.
Currently, fentanyl is the number one cause of death in the U.S. for ages 18-45, since 2020.
In 2023, 76% of U.S. teen drug deaths deaths involved fentanyl.
For ages 15–24 fentanyl deaths increased by about 170% from 2018 to 2022 in the U.S.