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Prescription opioid shipments declined sharply even as fatal overdoses increased, new data shows

Por: WPLG Local 10 Health September 12, 2023

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The number of prescription opioid pills shipped in the U.S. in the second half of the 2010s decreased sharply even as a nationwide continued to deepen, according to data released Tuesday.The decline in painkiller prescriptions — finally dropping below the quantities sold in the mid-2000s when the overdose epidemic accelerated — happened after state and federal governments tightened prescribing guidelines and state, local and Native American... + full article



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