Prescription Opioid Misuse and Abuse is a National Emergency

  • 9.3M annual nonmedical prescription opioid users1

  • 2.3M people aged > 12 had prescription opioid use disorder within the last year1

  • 0.6% of eighth graders, 0.5% of tenth graders, and 0.9% of twelfth graders reported misusing Vicodin within the last year2

  1. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 2020. Available at: https://www.samhsa.gov/data/release/2020-national-survey-drug-use-and-health-nsduh-releases.
    Accessed 9/19/2023
  2. Monitoring the Future Survey. 2021. Available at: http://monitoringthefuture.org/data/21data/table2.pdf
    Accessed 10/10/2023

Prescription Opioid-Related Overdose Remains High

overdose chart

National Institutes of Health 2021. Available at: https://nida.nih.gov/research-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates
Accessed 10/10/2023

Nonmedical Prescription Opioid Users Obtain Drugs from Friend or Family

Nonmedical Prescription Opioid Users chart

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 2020. Available at: https://www.samhsa.gov/data/release/2020-national-survey-drug-use-and-health-nsduh-releases.
Accessed 10/10/2023