Did You Know? | The growing drug overdose epidemic

2018-cdc-drug-surveillance-report.pdf

• In 2016, 48.5 million Americans used illicit drugs or misused prescription drugs [PDF-6.2MB].
• Around 66% of the more than 63,000 drug overdose deaths in 2016 involved a prescription or illicit opioid.
• States can use data on nonfatal overdoses and overdose deaths to inform their prevention activities, and healthcare providers can take CDC’s online training on safer prescribing practices.