Deaths involving meth use on the rise

According to an article in U.S. News and World Report, deaths involving methamphetamine are “skyrocketing.”

The article states that deaths from methamphetamine among Americans increased “50-fold” between 1999 and 2021. Most of the deaths also involved fentanyl and heroin. Data reviewed from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that in 1999, 608 deaths were attributed to met...