New Health Crisis Emerges as Meth and Fentanyl Smoking Spurs Surge in Overdose Fatalities
NEW YORK — Health authorities are sounding alarms over a distressing trend in drug-related fatalities, specifically linked to the combined use of methamphetamine and fentanyl. Recent statistics indicate a significant rise in overdose deaths where the potent opioid fentanyl and methamphetamine were both present, suggesting a new, deadly drug consumption pattern. The shift, experts say, might also be influenced by a change in method—more individuals are now smoking these substances, a method that may lead …