The Opioid Crisis
How opioids impact our citizens
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A Chronic Disease
Opioid misuse can lead to addiction, a brain disorder that must be managed over one's lifetime. It cannot be "cured" with 30 days of rehab treatment.
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More People Need Help
The Opioid Crisis has helped fuel a pandemic that has impacted many of our young people, families, neighbors, friends and coworkers.
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Addiction Is Deadly
Overdose deaths kill over 100,000 Americans annually and the rates of overdose have skyrocketed from fentanyl entering into our community.
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Fentanyl is Fueling the Crisis
Fentanyl is hard to detect, is laced into other drugs like pot, and very deadly. 75% of the overdose deaths today are from fentanyl.
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Adolescents Are at Risk
1 in 10 adolescents that misuse substances before they leave high school will rewire their brains before they have time to fully develop increasing the chances they will become addicted.
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The Opioid Crisis is Costly
Addiction has a $1 trillion dollar economic impact annually in healthcare, law enforcement, lost productivity at work, and legal cost.