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Synthetic opioid deaths are the number one killer of people ages 18 to 45 in the U.S., said Kristin Carpenter, of the Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention. She added that although the U.S. makes up nearly 5% of the world’s population, it consumes over 80% of the world’s opioids.
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