Heroin deaths skyrocket to 620% of 2002-2006 levels; fentanyl increase steeper than heroin/ NIH, CDC

https://www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates​National Overdose Deaths—Number of Deaths from Heroin. The figure above is a bar chart showing the total number of U.S. overdose deaths involving heroin from 2002 to 2015. The chart is overlayed by a line graph showing the number of deaths of females and males. From 2002 to 2015 there was a 6.2-fold increase in the total number of deaths.



Above reflects mostly heroin plus fentanyl overdose deaths

https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/data/fentanyl-le-reports.html