National Facts about Opioids:

• In 2018, over 67,000 people died from drug misuse.

• 185 drug overdose deaths occur per day.

• 68% of those deaths are pharmaceutical opioids or heroin related.
  

Prescription drug misuse has become a large public health problem, because misuse can lead to addiction, and even overdose deaths. For teens, it is a growing problem.

--National Institute on Drug Abuse for Teens 

• Heroin-related deaths increased by more than 5x from 2010-2016.

• The misuse of pain medications is causing an increase in heroin use.
  

• Nationwide, among new heroin users, 80 percent report having abused prescription opioids before using heroin.

After marijuana and alcohol, prescription drugs are the most commonly misused substances by Americans age 14 and older.

--National Institute on Drug Abuse for Teens