The opioid crisis in the United States has eased considerably since peaking in 2012. However, it remains a serious public health challenge more than a decade later. Prescription opioid use in the US is still far higher than in most other countries.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) tracks and analyzes data on the prescribing and dispensing of opioids for pain management. This gallery highlights CDC data from 2019 to 2023, showing the number of opioid prescriptions per 100 residents in states with the highest prescribing rates.
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