Deaths involving synthetic opioids such as illicit fentanyl and methamphetamine increased by 22% in 2021, resulting in the deaths of more than 100,000 people of our family members and our neighbors. In 2022, there were also nearly 200,000 non-fatal opioid overdoses in the U.S. in 2021, the overdose death rates increased 44% for Black people and 39% for American Indian and Native Alaskans, showing troubling trends and widening disparities among population groups. (00:53–00:59)
CLAIM
Asserts that nearly 200,000 non-fatal opioid overdoses occurred in the U.S. in 2022.
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