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Recent analyses show fentanyl and heroin are top two drugs involved in WV drug-related deaths

Friday, June 16, 2017

Drug death data from 2015 and 2016 identified fentanyl and heroin in 32% and 31%, respectively of deaths.  During 2014, fentanyl was involved in 22% of deaths and heroin was involved in 17% of deaths.