The Fentanyl Crisis
By: Dr. Raju Mangrola, MD – Chief Psychiatrist The opioid crisis has generated significant discussion in the past decade. It may now be more appropriate to designate the opioid crisis more specifically as the fentanyl crisis or the fentanyl epidemic. More than 100,000 overdose deaths each year, close to 80% related to fentanyl, speak volumes to the severity of the crisis. This article focuses on investigative findings related to the U.S. fentanyl crisis. The findings provide some insight into what