Image: US timeline. Deaths involving other synthetic opioids, predominately Fentanyl

Description: "National Overdose Deaths—Number of Deaths Involving Other Synthetic Opioids (Predominately Fentanyl). The figure above is a bar chart showing the total number of U.S. overdose deaths involving other synthetic opioids from 2002 to 2016 and provisional 2017 data. Other synthetic opioids is a category dominated by illicit fentanyl. The chart is overlayed by a line graph showing the number of deaths of females and males. From 2002 to 2017 there was a 22-fold increase in the total number of deaths."
Title: US timeline. Deaths involving other synthetic opioids, predominately Fentanyl
Credit: 2002-2017 chart. From Overdose Death Rates. By National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).
Author: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). And User:Timeshifter. I (Timeshifter) cropped the original chart, and added "USA" to it. Freeware IrfanView was used. I put the adapted chart under the same public domain license. See Commons:Convert tables and charts to wiki code or image files, and the section about adding text to chart images.
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