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Nearly 11% of adults in the U.S. reported using illicit opioids in the past year .
Nearly 7.5% of respondents specifically used illicitly manufactured fentanyl (IMF) The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH ) reported that just 0.3% of Americans used illicit fentanyl in 2022 .
The enormous gap between these estimates suggests traditional monitoring methods are severely underestimating the true scale of the crisis.
Despite years of attention and action, America ’s opioid crisis may be more pervasive and more complex than we’ve recognized.
As synthetic opioids continue to dominate the illicit drug landscape, developing more accurate and responsive monitoring systems appears increasingly crucial to effective public health response.
Researchers plan to conduct follow-up studies using more robust survey methods.
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