The U.S. Drug Epidemic
Drug Overdose Deaths: Facts and Figures
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports data on fatalities ...
The Opioid Epidemic in the United States - SHADAC
The Opioid Epidemic in the United States Over the past two decades, the United States has experienced a growing crisis of substance abuse and addiction that ...
Understanding the Opioid Overdose Epidemic - CDC
Nearly 108,000 people died from drug overdose in 2022 and approximately 82,000 of those deaths involved opioids (about 76%). The number of ...
Focus on Broadband and Opioids
More than 560,000 people (opens new window) in the United States have died from overdoses involving opioids since the epidemic began;; The number of annual ...
Opioid Misuse in Rural America - USDA
The United States is experiencing an epidemic of drug overdose deaths ... In 2020, the age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths increased 31% compared to 2019.
Overdose Prevention Strategy - HHS.gov
Trends in U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths (December 1999–June 2023), by Drug Type* ... The overdose crisis has evolved over time and is now largely characterized by ...
America's overdose epidemic has been characterized as 4 distinct and interrelated epidemics: prescription opioids, heroin, fentanyl and fentanyl analogues, and ...
Opioid crisis: addiction, overprescription, and insufficient primary ...
In 2019, opioids were responsible for 15.8 and 6.4 deaths per 100,000 people in the USA and Canada, respectively. This emergency prompted the launch of the ...
The Opioid Crisis: Tragedy, Treatments and Trade-offs
The United States is in the midst of the worst drug epidemic in its history. · The crisis is tied to increases in the clinical use of prescription opioids.
The Nation is in the midst of an unprecedented opioid epidemic. More than 130 people a day die from opioid-related drug overdoses .
Opioid Epidemic | Maricopa County Attorney's Office, AZ
In 2018, there were 68,000 overdoses in the U.S, a decrease from 72,000 in 2017. 808,000 people used heroin in 2018; about 80% of people who use heroin first ...
National Opioids Crisis: Help and Resources - HHS.gov
Increased prescription of opioid medications like oxycodone and hydrocodone led to widespread misuse of both prescription and non- prescription opioids.
Fentanyl and the U.S. Opioid Epidemic | Council on Foreign Relations
Introduction. Fentanyl and other opioids are fueling the worst drug crisis in the history of the United States. More than 1,500 Americans per ...
Opioids and Substance Use - Mississippi State Department of Health
The collision of two parallel epidemics — the COVID-19 crisis and increased use of fentanyl and fentanyl-contaminated drugs — was a major factor in the steep ...
NIDA.NIH.GOV | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
NIDA's mission is to advance science on the causes and consequences of drug use and addiction and to apply that knowledge to improve individual and public ...
Addressing the Overdose Crisis - United States Department of State
Tragically, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that more than 105,000 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States in the 12 ...
Uncovering the Opioid Epidemic | CDC
Drug overdose deaths have been increasing in the United States since the 1990's, mostly due to the use of opioids. More than 500,000 people in the United States ...
How relationships have fueled the U.S. opioid crisis - Harvard Gazette
The U.S. opioid epidemic is a story of failed policy initiatives, missed opportunities, and more than 600,000 deaths. It's also a story with no ...
The triple wave epidemic: Supply and demand drivers of the US ...
The second wave saw overdose deaths due to heroin, which started increasing clearly in 2007, surpassing the number of deaths due to opioid pills in 2015. The ...
Evaluation of State Policy Interventions Targeting the US Opioid ...
Prescription drug monitoring program access policies showed similar results, although these policies were also associated with increases in ...