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The ‘fourth wave’ of the overdose crisis

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December 29, 2022
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For over two decades, a crisis of opioid overdoses has been one of the most urgent health care emergencies in the United States. Initially driven by the over-prescription of pharmaceutical opioids such as Oxycontin, a “second wave” of addiction deaths began as people transitioned from prescription opioids to heroin, a much riskier drug. The so-called “third wave” was marked by the proliferation of potent synthetic opioids such as fentanyl.

This crisis has been seemingly intractable, with new, record-high deaths year after year. When the Covid-19 pandemic hit in 2020, a perfect storm of an overwhelmed public health system and an even more toxic drug supply made things still more dire. The overdose epidemic has evolved into a new phase that experts are referring to as the “fourth wave.”

In the last few years, there has been a significant increase in deaths associated with poly-substance use — meaning drug users are combining types of drugs, most commonly opioids and methamphetamine.

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In this short documentary, STAT looks at how the overdose crisis has changed shape since the fourth wave came ashore.





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