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

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC WONDER: Multiple Cause of Death 1999-2017.

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

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Multiple Cause of Death 1999-2017 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released December, 2018. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 1999-2017, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program.

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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.

Addiction, Epidemic, Overdose

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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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Addiction, Overdose, Painkillers

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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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Addiction, Epidemic, Overdose

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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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Addiction, Epidemic, Overdose

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Heroin-related overdose deaths increased 5x from 2010 to 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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Epidemic, Heroin, Overdose

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Opioid overdose deaths increased almost 6x from 1999 to 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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In 2017, 47,600 people died of opioid overdoses in America.

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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Addiction, Overdose, Painkillers