4 out of 5 new heroin users start by misusing prescription painkillers consumes 80 % of the global opioid supply Arizona adults know someone addicted to > Drug overdoses * take more lives than car crashes in Arizona people taking prescription opioids long term in a primary care setting struggles with addiction Opioid Epidemic In Arizona & 1 in 4 prescription painkillers 4 out of 10 *Includes overdoses from opioids, cocaine, meth, and other illicit drugs. The U.S. accounts for ~ 5 % of the world’s population but... 431 MILLION opioid pills were prescribed in 2016 enough for every Arizonan to have a 2.5 week supply In the last 5 years, 86% of persons who died from an opioid related cause were using multiple substances For more information: www.azdhs.gov/opioid
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4 out of 5
new heroin users start by misusing prescription
painkillers
consumes 80 % of the global opioidsupply
Arizona adults know someone addicted to
>Drug overdoses* take
more lives than car crashes in Arizona
people taking prescription opioids long term in a primary care setting struggles with addiction
Opioid Epidemic In Arizona
&
1 in 4
prescription painkillers
4 out of 10
*Includes overdoses from opioids, cocaine, meth, and other illicit drugs.
The U.S. accounts for ~ 5 % of the
world’s population but...
431 MILLION opioid pills were
prescribed in 2016
enough for every Arizonan to have a
2.5 week supply
In the last 5 years,
86% of persons who died from an opioid related
cause were usingmultiple substances
For more information: www.azdhs.gov/opioid
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