Fentanyl Deaths Among Young Children Rising at Alarming Rate: Advocacy Group

Some of the approximately 1 million fake pills containing fentanyl that were seized when agents served a search warrant at a home in Inglewood, Calif., on July 5, 2022. Drug Enforcement Administration via AP

A significant number of deaths among American adults are now being accounted for by fentanyl, with deaths among children increasing by more than 1,400 percent since 2015, according to a national advocacy group.

Families Against Fentanyl (FAF), the organization that compiled the data, said in a Jan. 12 statement that fentanyl deaths in children are rising faster than any other age group.