Prescription Behavior Surveillance System (PBSS) Issue Brief (July 2017)

From 2010 to 2015, annual overdose deaths involving opioids in the United States increased by nearly 57%, with a notable rise in deaths attributed to synthetic opioids other than methadone, which rose from 3,007 to 9,580, an increase of 219%.
Source: HSR Information Central - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news