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In 2015 , the opioid epidemic cost the US more than 500 billion dollars.

The Council of Economic Advisers. The Underestimated Cost of the Opioid Crisis. Washington, DC: Executive Office of the President; 2017. https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/images/The%20Underestimated%20Cost%20of%20the%20Opioid%20Crisis.pdf

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Addiction, Epidemic

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In 2013, the United States, which continued to be the principal consumer country of oxycodone, accounted for 78 percent of the world total.

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United Nations: International Narcotics Control Board. Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2014. Accessed June 2018.

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Epidemic, Painkillers

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As the death rate of major killers like cancer and heart disease decline, opioid death rates continue to rise.

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National Center for Health Statistics. Health, United States, 2014: With Special Feature on Adults Aged 55-64. Hyattsville, MD. 2015. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus14.pdf. Accessed June 2018. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: CDC Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain - United States, 2016. Published March 2016. Accessed June 2018.

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Addiction, Epidemic, Overdose

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The prescribing rates for controlled substances among adolescents and young adults nearly doubled from 1994 to 2007.

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Fortuna RJ, Robbins BW, Caiola E, Joynt M, Halterman JS. Prescribing of controlled medications to adolescents and young adults in the United States. Pediatrics. 2010;126(6):1108-1116.

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Epidemic, Painkillers, Prescriptions

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In 2016, 1 in 5 deaths among young adults were opioid related.

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Gomes T, Tadrous M, Mamdani MM, Paterson J, Juurlink DN. The burden of opioid-related mortality in the united states. JAMA Network Open. 2018;1(2):e180217.

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Addiction, Epidemic, Overdose

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There were 1.68 million potential years of life lost to opioids in the United States in 2016.

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Gomes T, Tadrous M, Mamdani MM, Paterson JM, Juurlink DN. The Burden of Opioid-Related Mortality in the United States. JAMA Netw Open. 2018;1(2):e180217. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.0217

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Addiction, Epidemic, Overdose, Painkillers, Prescriptions

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103,000 adolescents had an opioid use disorder in 2017.

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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2018). Key substance use and mental health indicators in the United States: Results from the 2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (HHS Publication No. SMA 18-5068, NSDUH Series H-53). Rockville, MD: Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

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Addiction, Epidemic, Painkillers, Prescriptions, Recovery

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In 2017, 70% of overdose deaths in D.C. involved fentanyl or its analogues.

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Leak C. Opioid-related Fatal Overdoses: January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2017. Government of the District of Columbia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. 2018.

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Addiction, Epidemic, Health Risks, Overdose, Painkillers, Prescriptions

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In 2010, for every woman that died of a prescription painkiller overdose, 30 went to the ER for misuse or abuse.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Vital Signs: Overdoses of Prescription Opioid Pain Relievers and Other Drugs Among Women — United States, 1999–2010. MMWR 2013;62:537-542.

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Addiction, Epidemic, Health Risks, Heroin, Overdose, Painkillers, Prescriptions, Recovery

Epidemic

Fact In 2015 , the opioid epidemic cost the US more than 500 billion dollars.

Fact In 2013, the United States, which continued to be the principal consumer country of oxycodone, accounted for 78 percent of the world total.

Fact As the death rate of major killers like cancer and heart disease decline, opioid death rates continue to rise.

Fact The prescribing rates for controlled substances among adolescents and young adults nearly doubled from 1994 to 2007.

Fact In 2016, 1 in 5 deaths among young adults were opioid related.

Fact There were 1.68 million potential years of life lost to opioids in the United States in 2016.

Fact 103,000 adolescents had an opioid use disorder in 2017.

Fact In 2017, 70% of overdose deaths in D.C. involved fentanyl or its analogues.

Fact In 2010, for every woman that died of a prescription painkiller overdose, 30 went to the ER for misuse or abuse.

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In 2015 , the opioid epidemic cost the US more than 500 billion dollars.

Fact

In 2013, the United States, which continued to be the principal consumer country of oxycodone, accounted for 78 percent of the world total.

Fact

As the death rate of major killers like cancer and heart disease decline, opioid death rates continue to rise.

Fact

The prescribing rates for controlled substances among adolescents and young adults nearly doubled from 1994 to 2007.

Fact

In 2016, 1 in 5 deaths among young adults were opioid related.

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There were 1.68 million potential years of life lost to opioids in the United States in 2016.

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103,000 adolescents had an opioid use disorder in 2017.

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In 2017, 70% of overdose deaths in D.C. involved fentanyl or its analogues.

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In 2010, for every woman that died of a prescription painkiller overdose, 30 went to the ER for misuse or abuse.