Wednesday Apr 26, 2017
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
Wednesday, April 26
12:00pm
Hampton Inn Bluffton - Sun City
29 William Pope Drive
Bluffton, SC 29910
Free but please Register with Trisha Eaves
tisha.eaves@bsci.com
(843)793-8865
Trisha Eaves
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MEDIA ALERT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 20, 2017
Contact: Meg Pace
912.644.3327
mpace@optimhealth.com
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: THE GROWING OPIOID EPIDEMIC IN GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA
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UNITED STATES
2 Million | Number of Americans with a substance use disorder involving prescription pain relievers1 |
33,000 | Opioid-related deaths in 20152 |
240 Million | Opioid prescriptions written in 20143 |
$55 Billion | Health and social costs related to prescription opioid abuse each year (2014)3 |
12.7 | Deaths per 100k/year2 |
1,302 | Deaths from overdose in 20152 |
29 | Counties where drug over doses outpace US average4 |
11 | GA ranks in top 11 states with most prescription opioid deaths4 |
15.7 | Deaths per 100k/year2 |
761 | Deaths from overdose in 20152 |
9% | Increase of opioid-related deaths from 2014 to 20152 |
291,438,515 | Number of opioid pills prescribed between July 2014 – June 2015 in South Carolina5 |