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Bookmark or Share- Opioid epidemic in the United States - WikipediaThere is an ongoing opioid epidemic (also known as the opioid crisis) in the United States, originating out of both medical prescriptions and illegal sources. It has been described as "one of the most devastating public health catastrophes of our time."
- What is the Opioid Epidemic? A public health explainerThe opioid epidemic is an ongoing public health crisis that has affected millions of people in the United States over the past two decades. Officially declared a Public Health Emergency by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in 2017, the epidemic has claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans.
- The opioid crisis in data - USAFactsBeginning in the 1990s, the opioid crisis unfolded in three distinct waves, moving from legal prescriptions like oxycodone and hydrocodone, to heroin, and eventually to the fentanyl that's responsible for the majority of opioid deaths today.
- Opioid epidemic - WikipediaThe opioid epidemic, also referred to as the opioid crisis, is the rapid increase in the overuse, misuse/abuse, and overdose deaths attributed either in part or in whole to the class of drugs called opiates / opioids since the 1990s.
- Opioid Facts and Statistics | HHS.govMore than 760,000 people have died since 1999 from a drug overdose. Nearly 75% of drug overdose deaths in 2020 involved an opioid. Explore drug overdose epidemic data from the CDC.
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