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Every day in 2017, an estimated 1,300 young adults misused an opioid prescription for the first time.

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, 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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In 2011, more than 420,000 emergency department visits were related to the misuse or abuse of narcotic pain relievers.

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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Drug Abuse Warning Network, 2011: National Estimates of Drug-Related Emergency Department Visits. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; 2013.

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Addiction, Painkillers

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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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Taking opioids after wisdom teeth removal increases the odds of long term use.

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Harbaugh CM, Nalliah RP, Hu HM, Englesbe MJ, Waljee JF, Brummett CM. Persistent Opioid Use After Wisdom Tooth Extraction. JAMA. 2018;320(5):504–506. doi:10.1001/jama.2018.9023

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Addiction, Painkillers, Prescriptions

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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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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

Addiction

Fact Every day in 2017, an estimated 1,300 young adults misused an opioid prescription for the first time.

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

Fact In 2011, more than 420,000 emergency department visits were related to the misuse or abuse of narcotic pain relievers.

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

Fact Taking opioids after wisdom teeth removal increases the odds of long term use.

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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Every day in 2017, an estimated 1,300 young adults misused an opioid prescription for the first time.

Fact

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

Fact

In 2011, more than 420,000 emergency department visits were related to the misuse or abuse of narcotic pain relievers.

Fact

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

Fact

Taking opioids after wisdom teeth removal increases the odds of long term use.

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.

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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.