Under the tab” Opioid Overdose”, the CDC mentions how the United States is under an Opioid overdose epidemic. They mention, in 2015 more than 33,000 people were killed from Opioids, including prescription opioids, and heroin. This is the most death ever recorded. The CDC states, “nearly half of all opioid overdose deaths involve a prescription opioid”. To better protect the public’s health and hamper opioid overdose deaths, the CDC is first improving data. Meaning, they are enhancing “ data quality and timeliness to better track trends, identify communities at risk and evaluate prevention strategies” (CDC). Next, they are strengthening state efforts, which includes enhancing productive interventions. Finally, the CDC is equipping health care …show more content…
Here, I learned opioid deaths are on the rise. Most overdose deaths include opioids. Between 2000 and 2015 over a “half of a million people died from drug overdoses” (CDC). The CDC states, “91 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose”. To me, this is astonishingly tragic. Today there are four times more deaths related to opioids such as, “oxycodone, hydrocodone, and methadone” (CDC). the most popular age for opioid users is between the ages of 18 and 25. Due to the convenience, price, and potency, nearly three out of four new heroin users began by using prescription opioids. Sadly, the CDC reports “heroin-related deaths more than tripled between 2010 and 2015”. Clearly, this indicates if officials can control the prescription opioid epidemic than heroin usages would decrease greatly. Thus, the focus should be on the medical industry because most enforcement officials are trying their hardest. But they can only do so much if the medical industry continues to leak them onto the streets. To prevent these deaths, the CDC states the prescribing of opioids needs improvement, expansion of addiction treatment and a reduction in access to illegal opioids. Thus indicating both the medical industry, enforcement and treatment centers need to all work