Pressroom
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
- Page last reviewed: September 27, 2017
- Page last updated: September 27, 2017
- Content source:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
- National Center for Injury Prevention and Control,
- Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention