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2016

• August 25, 2016: Influx of Fentanyl-laced Counterfeit Pills and Toxic Fentanyl-related Compounds Further Increases Risk of Fentanyl-related Overdose and Fatalities

2015

• October 26, 2015: Increases in Fentanyl Drug Confiscations and Fentanyl-related Overdose Fatalities

2017

• September 25, 2017: CDC launches campaign to help states fight prescription opioid epidemic
• September 5, 2017: CDC awards $28.6 million to help states fight opioid overdose epidemic

2016

• December 16, 2016: New data show continuing opioid epidemic in the United States
• March 15, 2016: CDC Releases Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain

2015

• December 18, 2015: Drug overdose deaths hit record numbers in 2014
• October 15, 2015: Clues to opioid abuse from state prescription drug monitoring programs
• September 4, 2015: CDC funding helps states combat prescription drug overdose epidemic.
• July 7, 2015: New research reveals the trends and risk factors behind America’s growing heroin epidemic
• April 24, 2015: Expanding Naloxone use could reduce drug overdose deaths and save lives

2014

• October 2, 2014: Heroin overdose deaths increased in many states through 2012
• August 14, 2014: CDC awards over $1 million to West Virginia to address prescription drug overdose prevention
• August 14, 2014: CDC awards over $1 Million to Utah to address prescription drug overdose prevention
• August 14, 2014: CDC awards over $1 Million to Tennessee to advance prescription drug overdose prevention
• August 14, 2014: CDC awards over $1 Million to Oklahoma to advance prescription drug overdose prevention
• August 14, 2014: CDC awards over $1 Million to Kentucky to address prescription drug overdose prevention
• July 1, 2014: CDC Vital Signs: Opioid painkiller prescribing varies widely among states
• March 3, 2014: Physicians are a leading source of prescription opioids for the highest-risk users

2013

• July 2, 2013: CDC Vital Signs: Deaths from Prescription Painkiller Overdoses Rise Sharply Among Women
• February 20, 2013: Opioids drive continued increase in drug overdose deaths

2011-2012

• July 3, 2012: CDC Vital Signs: Methadone linked to 30 percent of prescription painkiller overdose deaths
• November 1, 2011: CDC Vital Signs: Prescription painkiller overdoses at epidemic levels

2017

• July 6, 2017: CDC Vital Signs: Opioid Prescribing

2016

• March 15, 2016: CDC Releases Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain

2015

• July 7, 2015: CDC Vital Signs: Today’s Heroin Epidemic

2014

• July 1, 2014: CDC Vital Signs: Opioid Painkiller Prescribing

2013

• December 23, 2013: Our Nation’s Health by the Numbers: 2013
• December 16, 2013: CDC looks back at 2013 health challenges, ahead to 2014 health worries
• July 2, 2013: CDC Vital Signs: Prescription Painkiller Epidemic Among Women

2012

• January 6, 2012: CDC 2012: A Year in Review