Increase in Overdose Deaths Involving Synthetic Opioids Other Than Methadone Linked to Increase in Supply of Fentanyl in PBSS States

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (U.S.) ; randeis University
• Description:
  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. A new Prescription Behavior Surveillance System (PBSS) Issue Brief compares trends in synthetic opioid overdose deaths in five states. The data show a close association between rising synthetic opioid overdose deaths and the rising availability of illicitly manufactured fentanyl.
  
  PBSS-Report-072017.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Drug Overdose Fentanyl Prescription Drug Diversion Prescription Drug Misuse Prescription Drugs Public Health Surveillance
• Series:
  Prescription Behavior Surveillance System (PBSS) Issue Brief
• Document Type:
  Text
• Name as Subject:
  Prescription Behavior Surveillance System
• Pages in Document:
  7 numbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d4d50f322af27915abda9e7917a61154dd3d327e3065c633bfce305ca73c8d7e45a0027827d7c906b4e5fcfa42722a19bb5cb8de2ff18f9aebeb8744b866b934
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/49450/cdc_49450_DS1.pdf
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