Opioid Death Rates Are Not Correlated With Prescription Rates Across States May 14th, 1:30 pm UTC at Hit & Run by Jacob Sullum
Opioid death rates were not lower in states that just provided legal protections to patients and caregivers, allowing them to grow their own marijuana.
Not exact matches
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death rate from
opioid overdoses in the U.S. and number of narcotic painkiller prescriptions.
In the three years since, the number of overdose
deaths involving fentanyl has skyrocketed at a
rate that outpaces
deaths from any other
opioid, including heroin, hydrocodone, and oxycodone.
Our first Critical Connections topic will bring together the key stakeholders who are addressing the
opioid crisis and discuss critical strategies and tactics necessary to reduce the injury and
death rates nationwide.
Native Americans have experienced the highest
rate of prescription
opioid deaths out of any ethnic group.
The above article was updated to correct several statistics from the city Department of Health and to clarify that Staten Island recorded the highest
rate of drug overdose
deaths overall, not just
opioid overdose
deaths, in 2014.
At a time when fatal heroin and
opioid overdoses have risen to unprecedented
rates — 10 suspected opiate overdose
deaths a week in Erie County — many area families complain that health care insurers are denying coverage for loved ones seeking medication and inpatient treatment for their addictions.
The Erie County Legislature approved a $ 1.67 billion budget for next year that slightly reduces the property tax
rate for the second year in a row and focuses more attention on the heroin and
opioid epidemic that is contributing to the rising drug
death toll in Erie County.
In 2016, Onondaga County's
opioid drug
death rate was the highest in the state, excluding New York City, according to health statistics published by the county's health department.
In 2016, Onondaga County's
opioid drug
death rate was the highest in the state, excluding New York City, according to health
If more suspected
deaths in 2017 are eliminated as true
opioid - related fatalities, the
death rate for last year would be even lower.
From 2009 to 2013, it had the state's 8th - highest
rate of
opioid overdose
deaths per 100,000 population.
Staten Island is in the throes of a prescription drug epidemic with the borough having the highest
rate of
opioid OD
deaths in the city.
Heroin and
opioid use has been recognized as a growing and widespread problem across Westchester County, New York state and the country; the
rate of
deaths caused by
opioids in the county has quadrupled since 2010, according to Westchester officials.
The Research Institute is coordinating a statewide program to identify and train doctors and other health professionals in 16 counties and tribal areas in the state where high
death and hospitalization
rates from
opioid abuse have occurred.
We can not stand still while
deaths from fatal
opioid overdoses continue to rise at an accelerating
rate.
Opioid related deaths contributed to the first increase in the death rate in the United States in more than two decades — an uptick last seen at the height of the HIV / AIDs epidemic in 1993 — and factored into a year - over-year decline in the nation's life expectancy rate in 2015, according to an expert addressing a congressional briefing and a related presentation on the opioid epidemic at the American Association for the Advancement of Science's headquarters on M
Opioid related
deaths contributed to the first increase in the
death rate in the United States in more than two decades — an uptick last seen at the height of the HIV / AIDs epidemic in 1993 — and factored into a year - over-year decline in the nation's life expectancy
rate in 2015, according to an expert addressing a congressional briefing and a related presentation on the
opioid epidemic at the American Association for the Advancement of Science's headquarters on M
opioid epidemic at the American Association for the Advancement of Science's headquarters on May 10.
Stephen Waldron / AAAS
Opioid related
deaths contributed to the first increase in the
death rate in...
«Canada is second in the world only to the U.S. in our
rates of prescription
opioid use, and the rise of prescription
opioids in our provinces has also shown to be strongly linked to overdose
deaths,» cautions Dr. Rehm, who is also Head of the World Health Organization / Pan-American Health Organization (WHO / PAHO) Collaborating Centre in Addiction and Mental Health at CAMH.
They found that the annual
rate of
deaths due to overdose on an
opioid painkiller was nearly 25 % lower in states that permitted medical marijuana.
Official tallies won't be released until next year, but a number of states — among them Missouri, Mississippi, Connecticut and Maryland — have already reported higher
opioid - related
death rates for 2017 than for 2016.
Although those studies show a correlation over time between the passage of medical marijuana laws and
opioid overdose
death rates, they do not provide any evidence that the laws caused the reduction in
deaths.
A new multi-institutional study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine and led by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, examined the
rate of
deaths caused by
opioid overdoses between 1999 and 2010.
«Appropriate access to medication - assisted therapies under Medicaid is a key piece of the strategy to address the rising
rate of
death from overdoses of prescription
opioids,» said co-author Stephen Cha, M.D., M.H.S., chief medical officer for the Center for Medicaid and CHIP [Children's Health Insurance Program] Services at CMS.
On average, states allowing the medical use of marijuana have lower
rates of
deaths resulting from
opioid analgesic overdoses than states without such laws.
«The noteworthy increase in the annual
rate of heroin abuse or dependence among non-Hispanic Whites parallels the significant increase in nonmedical
opioid use during the last decade and the growing number of heroin overdose
deaths described for this race and ethnic group in recent years,» said Martins.
Our study finds that communities hardest hit by
opioid use and their complications, like overdose
death, have the highest
rates of the NAS,» said study lead author Stephen Patrick, M.D., MPH, MS, assistant professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy in the Division of Neonatology with the Monroe Carell Jr..
One study published earlier this year found that for every 1 percent increase in unemployment in the U.S.,
opioid overdose
death rates rose by nearly 4 percent.
Since the 1990s,
death rates among this demographic — specifically middle - aged white Americans without college degrees — have been on the rise thanks to
opioid addiction, alcohol abuse and suicide.
Opioids may stop the pain, but at a high price: growing numbers of
deaths due to
opioid overdose and higher
rates of addiction and misuse.
New Hampshire has the second highest
rate of
opioid - related overdose
deaths in the country.
In 2016, there were 437
opioid - related overdose
deaths — nearly 3 times higher than the national
rate.