Opioids

Individuals who are prescribed opioids prior to graduating high school are 33% more likely to misuse prescription opioids after graduating.

Opioids can cause constipation.

Non-addictive painkillers, like ibuprofen and acetaminophen, can be just as effective as prescription opioids at reducing certain types of pain.

Since 1999, over 9,000 children and teens have died from opioid overdoses.

In 2012, every 25 minutes, a baby was born suffering from opioid withdrawal.

Adolescent athletes in some high-injury sports are at a 50% higher risk of misusing prescription painkillers than their peers who don't participate in these sports.

68% of the people who died from opioid overdoses in 2017 were men.

The number of women who used opioids during pregnancy increased nearly 70% between 2015 and 2017.

The opioid mortality rate increased as the U.S. life expectancy rate decreased.