Every day, more than 130 people in the United States die after overdosing on opioids. The misuse of and addiction to opioids is a serious national crisis that affects public health as well as social and economic welfare.
The total "economic burden" of prescription opioid misuse alone in the United States is $78.5 billion a year, including the costs of healthcare, lost productivity, addiction treatment, and criminal justice involvement.
Opioid-related overdose deaths have increased in all categories. Heroin overdose deaths have increased from 131 to 926; synthetic opioid overdose deaths have increased from 98 to 1309; and prescription opioid overdose deaths have increased from 411 to 729 deaths.
People who use heroin first misused prescription opioids.
There were 2,235 opioid-related overdose deaths in Pennsylvania; a rate of 18.5 deaths per 100,000 persons—compared to the national rate of 13.3 deaths per 100,000 persons.
Patients prescribed opioids for chronic pain misuse them.
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