Fentanyl and fatal overdoses: From chemical production in China to users in Pennsylvania

Roger Bate
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AEI Economic Perspectives, 2018

Abstract: Original research of online sellers in China and surveying drugs users and dealers in the Philadelphia area leads to the inevitable conclusion that fentanyl use has exploded over the past two years, and with it has come a significant increase in fatal overdoses.

Keywords: drugs; United States Postal Service (USPS); opioids; Opioid Crisis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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