Overdoses involving synthetic opioids, primarily fentanyl, are the leading cause of U.S. deaths in people ages eighteen to forty-five. In 2022, deaths from all ...

1. nov. 2024 ... A US map and text that says "224 people died each day from an opioid. On average, 224 people died each day from an opioid overdose in 2022. What ...

This initiative brings together key stakeholders from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors to collaboratively address critical issues posed by addiction.

Much like the United States as a whole, most of the 50 states have experienced measurable increases in drug and opioid overdose deaths since 2011. Just four ...

Our community is facing an opioid crisis. In 2023, more than 10,000 emergency room or hospital visits involved opioids, and 373 lives were lost to opioid- ...

In October 2017, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services declared a public health emergency due to the consequences of the opioid crisis facing the ...

Opioids · 130 Americans die everyday from an opioid overdose, accounting for two thirds of all overdoses. · 10.3 million people misused prescription opioids in ...

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 ...

At least 2 million people have an opioid use disorder (OUD) involving prescription opioids, and almost 600,000 have an OUD associated with heroin (HHS, 2016).

Increased prescription of opioid medications like oxycodone and hydrocodone led to widespread misuse of both prescription and non- prescription opioids.