International Overdose Awareness Day is a global event held on August 31st each year and it aims to raises awareness about prevention of overdose deaths, help reduce stigma about substance use disorders, highlight community services, and support programs to reduce drug-related harms. It also acknowledges the grief felt by families and friends remembering those who have died as a result of drug overdose. International Overdose Awareness Day highlights the message that the tragedy of overdose death is preventable. Recognizing the theme of International Overdose Awareness Day, “Time to Remember. Time to Act,” CDC is committed to preventing drug overdoses and deaths, and is working to provide the latest data and resources to help prevent prescription or illicit drug overdoses in communities
Recent Articles and Publications
This report analyzed the rate of EMS naloxone administration during 2012 to 2016 using NEMSIS and compared it with opioid overdose death rates from National Vital Statistics System. The overall rate of naloxone administration by EMS providers increased by 75.1% from 2012 to 2016, mirroring a 79.7% increase in the opioid overdose death rate. Monitoring non-fatal overdose events through novel data sources such as EMS data can assist in the development of timely interventions to address the evolving opioid crisis.
This report analyzed the changes in opioid prescribing following the publication of the 2016 CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain; it found that the release of the Guideline was associated with improved prescribing practices. In January 2012, there were 6,577 opioids dispensed per 100,000 people, which declined to 4,240 by December 2017. In addition, the number of opioid prescriptions written for over 90 morphine milligram equivalents (MME) per day was 683 per 100,000 people in January 2012 and decreased to 356 per 100,000 by December 2017. Overall, the report suggests that having clinical guidelines in place may help improve clinician prescribing behaviors.
This report brings together the latest data available on the drug overdose epidemic in America, including opioid prescribing patterns, and various health behaviors and outcomes such as drug use and nonfatal overdoses and deaths.
Prescription drug misuse, illicit drug use, substance use disorder, and overdose remain critical issues in the United States, forming one of the biggest public health crises of our lifetime. We know that prescription pain medications, heroin, and illicitly manufactured fentanyl have all contributed to the rise in overdose deaths, fueling the crisis. We now we know that there is a rise in use and overdoses involving other drugs like cocaine and methamphetamines as well.
Key data from the report:
- In 2017, providers wrote more than 58 opioid prescriptions for every 100 Americans.
- In 2016, 48.5 million Americans reported (almost 18 percent of the population) using illicit drugs (like marijuana, cocaine (or crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or methamphetamine) or misusing prescription drugs (prescription pain relievers, stimulants, tranquilizers, and sedatives) in the past year.
- In 2015, almost 320,000 people were hospitalized for nonfatal drug poisonings in America.
This report describes opioid overdose deaths and their surrounding circumstances in 11 states participating in CDC’s Enhanced State Opioid Overdose Surveillance (ESOOS) program. The report examines overdose deaths that tested positive for prescription opioids (including oxycodone and hydrocodone), illicit opioids (including heroin, illicitly manufactured fentanyl, and fentanyl analogs), and a combination of both prescription and illicit opioids. The report also examines circumstances around the opioid overdose, including previous overdoses, treatment, and the presence of bystanders.
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- See the latest – Check out the new ONDCP & CDC Overdose Awareness video: What You Need to Know About Drug Overdose www.youtube.com/watch?v=
iP1al4zDFvs - For International Overdose Awareness Day, I am sharing this snapshot of the latest data on America’s drug overdose epidemic. https://go.usa.gov/xUhvq
- International Overdose Awareness Day is a time to remember and a time to act. See how the latest overdose data can drive action. https://go.usa.gov/xUhVW
- More than 48.5 million Americans used illicit drugs or misused prescription drugs in the past year. Take a look at this snapshot of America’s drug overdose crisis in CDC’s latest data report.https://go.usa.gov/xUhvq
- See the factors that are impacting America’s drug overdose crisis. Read latest #CDC report on opioid prescribing, drug/use misuse, hospitalizations, & overdose. #EndOverdosehttps://go.usa.gov/xUhvq
- New CDC report found 17% of opioid overdose deaths in 11 states tested positive for prescription #opioids, 59% for illicit opioids, and 19% for both. https://go.usa.gov/xUhdh
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