Teens started dying in greater numbers from fatal drug overdoses in 2020, raising alarm that the trend could continue or worsen. tillsonburg/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption tillsonburg/Getty Images Shots - Health News Teen drug overdose deaths rose sharply in 2020, driven by fentanyl-laced pills April 12, 2022 • While adult overdoses surged in the last decades, teens hadn't seen the same kind of death rates. But now fatal overdoses nearly doubled in one year and continued to rise in 2021.
