The Opioid Epidemic in the United States

THE CURRENT OPIOID DEATH TOLL Opioid Overdoses Vs. Other Drug Overdoses Type of Deaths SANAX Prescription Opioid Pain Relievers Synthetic Opioids other than Meihadone (including Fentanyl) Heroin Benzodiazepines Cocaine Marijuana LSD Number of Deaths Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote, Doubt, Hunger Games) dies of a mixture of heroin, cocaine, and other drugs. 25000 22,598 Heath Ledger (Brokeback Mountain, Actor and singer Cory Monteith (Glee) dies at 31. The Dark Knight) dies at 28. 20000 18893 16971 16651 16235 16007 15597 14800 14408 13723 12,989 Musician Michael Jackson dies of Actress Anna Nicole propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication. 10928 Smith dies of 10574 combined drug toxicity. 9857 9590 10000 8517 8257 7945 AN 7456 6872 6973 8791 7448 6497 6524 6512 5528 5443 6205 5567 5199 5129 5544 5925 5000 4400 4500 4944 6784 4599 4350 3278 4681 5010 4404 5415 3835 2707 4183 3036 3833 3084 4397 2627 3544 1842 2399 3041 2089 2022 1295 ....957. ....... 1779 2080 2248 1400 2009 2946 3007 2666 3105 1878 2628 1000 1298 500 10 2088 2213 2306 1594 1664 1742 782 ........-... 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Sources: https://www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates | https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db273_table.pdf#5 https://www.dea.gov/druginfo/drug_data_sheets/Marijuana.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysergic_acid_diethylamide?r=1#Potential_adverse effects https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2016/06/02/celebrities-who-have-died-addiction/85314450/ http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/03/health/gallery/celebrities-who-died-from-opiods/index.html | https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr65/nvsr65_10.pdf Opioid Overdoses Vs. Other Types of Deaths U.S. Heroin All U.S. Military Casualties in Afganistan in 2015 Alone All U.S. Total Number of All U.S. AIDS and HIV related deaths in 2014 Alone Total Number of Average Number Americans Killed in Domestic Terror Poisoning Deaths Attacks since 1995 to today Total Number of Fatal, Unpovoked Shark Attacks since 2010 US. All U.S. of U.S. Alcohol Prescription Opioid Pain Reliever Lightning Fatalities in 2016 Alone Homicides in Overdoses in Deaths from Ebola Worldwide From Start 2015 Alone 2015 Alone Overdoses in 2015 Per Year Alone to 2016 22 6. 38 2,200 2,961 100 deaths I 10 deaths 1 death 6,721 11,299 12,989 15,696 One death is a tragedy. One million is a statistic. Don't become a statistic. Sources: www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/uscrime.htm www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_casualties_in_the_War_in_Afghanistan www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/aids-h https://www.startumd.edu/pubs/START AmericanTerrorismDeaths_FactSheet_Oct2015.pdf www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_African_Ebola_virus_epidemic http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/fatalities.shtml www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_unprovoked_shark_attacks_in_the_United_States#2010s https://www.ncbi.nim.nih.gov/prmc/articles/PMC1730261/pdf/v011p00309.pdf www.cdc.gov/media/dpk/alcohol/alcohol-poisoning/dpk-vs-alcohol poisoning.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population Better AddictionCare hiv.htm 22,598 Type of Deaths