Research Guides: Opioid Epidemic: Overview

Opioid Epidemic

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (click on image to view original source)

About the Epidemic
Great resource to start learning about the cause of the opioid epidemic in the United States and the effects on the community.
CDC: Opioid Epidemic
Opioid Drugs are a class of drugs used to reduce pain.
National Opioids Crisis
Brief overview of the US opioid epidemic.
CDC: Drug Overdose Death Data by States
Drug overdose statistics by state.
Health Care Cost from Opioid Abuse: A State by State Analysis
Great report highlighting top 10 states total health care costs from Opioid abuse and top 10 states per capita health care costs from Opioid abuse.
STAT forecast: Opioids could kill nearly 500,000 Americans in the next decade
News article about the forecast of deaths related to opioids. June 2017.
Astounding number of opioids prescribed to elderly, report finds
News article related to medicare patients and opioids. June 2016.
Opioids
From the National Center on Drug Abuse.

State Success Stories in Reducing Opioid Addiction
State policies that make a difference.
Why One Pain Specialist Hasn’t Prescribed an Opioid in 10 Years
Article from Michigan Health Lab.
Decline in Drug Overdose Deaths After State Policy Changes — Florida, 2010–2012
Hal Johnson, Leonard Paulozzi, Christina Porucznik, Karin Mack, Blake Herter. (2014). Decline in Drug Overdose Deaths After State Policy Changes — Florida, 2010–2012. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). July 4, 2014 / 63(26);569-574