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80% of heroin users started with a prescription painkiller.

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Opioid painkillers like Vicodin® and OxyContin® are chemically similar to heroin.

NIDA. Opioids. National Institute on Drug Abuse website. https://www.drugabuse.gov/drugs-abuse/opioids. . Accessed May 11, 2018.

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1 Year Later: Rebekkah’s

1 Year Later: Rebekkah’s

1 Year Later: Rebekkah’s Story

Opioid dependence can happen after just 5 days. Recovery is possible and doesn’t have to be a solo journey.

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Rebekkah 3 Years Later

Rebekkah 3 Years Later

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How do People Become Addicted to Opioids?

How do People Become Addi

How do People Become Addicted to Opioids?

Addiction isn't a one-size-fits-all issue, and addiction to opioids can cause strong urges or cravings to take the drug despite its negative effects on health and life in general.

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What Are Opioids?

What Are Opioids?

What Are Opioids?

“Opioids” is a term for drugs that bind to opioid receptors in the body. Regular use of opioid drugs, even as prescribed by a doctor or medical professional, can lead to dependence.

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What is the Opioid Epidemic?

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What is the Opioid Epidemic?

More than 130 people in America die every day due to accidental misuse of these drugs--that’s one person every 11 minutes--and “the opioid epidemic” is the term used to describe this health crisis.

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The opioid mortality rate increased as the u.S. Life expectancy rate decreased.

Xu JQ, Murphy SL, Kochanek KD, Bastian B,Arias E. Deaths: Final data for 2016. National Vital Statistics Reports; vol 67 no 5. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2018. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Multiple Cause of Death 1999-2016 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released December, 2017. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 1999-2016, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program

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In 2017, 10.3 million young adults used a prescription opioid.

Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality. (2018). 2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Detailed Tables. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, MD.

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More than 17,000 people died from prescription opioid overdoses in 2017.

Scholl L, Seth P, Kariisa M, Wilson N, Baldwin G. Drug and Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths — United States, 2013–2017. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2019;67:1419–1427. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm675152e1

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Opioid painkillers like Vicodin® and OxyContin® are chemically similar to heroin.

NIDA. Opioids. National Institute on Drug Abuse website. https://www.drugabuse.gov/drugs-abuse/opioids. . Accessed May 11, 2018.

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More than two-thirds of people admitted into substance abuse treatment programs first used a non-heroin opioid by age 25.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality. Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS): 2003-2013. National Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment Services. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2015.

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Every day, 130 Americans die after overdosing on opioids.

Hedegaard H, Miniño AM, Warner M. Drug overdose deaths in the United States, 1999–2017. NCHS Data Brief, no 329. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2018.

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Every 11 minutes someone in America dies from an opioid overdose.

Hedegaard H, Miniño AM, Warner M. Drug overdose deaths in the United States, 1999–2017. NCHS Data Brief, no 329. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2018.

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Dependence on prescription opioids can happen after just five days.

Shah A, Hayes CJ, Martin BC. Characteristics of Initial Prescription Episodes and Likelihood of Long-Term Opioid Use — United States, 2006–2015. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2017;66:265–269. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6610a1

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80% of heroin users started with a prescription painkiller.

Jones CM. Heroin use and heroin use risk behaviors among nonmedical users of prescription opioid pain relievers – United States, 2002-2004 and 2008-2010. Drug Alcohol Depend (2013) 132:95–100

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