Many Fentanyl and Heroin Overdose Survivors Suffering Permanent Brain Damage
2016 was the “Year of the Fentanyl Crisis” for the United States. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) stated that prescription pain pills, heroin, and fentanyl are killing people at a “horrifying rate,” calling it a “public health crisis of historic proportions.” Deaths from synthetic opioids – mainly fentanyl, the DEA notes – jumped by 79%…
