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2023
- March 8, 2023: New Funding Opportunities for States, Cities, and Territories to Strengthen Overdose Surveillance and Prevention Efforts
2022
- July 19, 2022: Overdose death rates increased significantly for Black, American Indian/Alaska Native people in 2020
- July 19, 2022: CDC Media Briefing — New Vital Signs Report – Overdose deaths show historic increase: How can we address widening disparities and save lives?
2021
- October 27, 2021: CDC Launches New Education Campaigns Aimed at Preventing Drug Overdose Deaths
- April 7, 2021: Federal Grantees May Now Use Funds to Purchase Fentanyl Test Strips
2020
- December 17, 2020: Overdose Deaths Accelerating During COVID-19
- March 18, 2020: New Data Show Significant Changes in Drug Overdose Deaths
- February 18, 2020: Nearly $25M Available to Substance Use Prevention Coalitions in New Partnership Between ONDCP and CDC
2019
- September 4, 2019: CDC Awards New Funds to Stop Drug Overdoses, Deaths
- August 6, 2019: Still Not Enough Naloxone Where It’s Most Needed
2018
- December 21, 2018: New Data Show Growing Complexity of Drug Overdose Deaths in America
- September 19, 2018: CDC provides new funds to battle the opioid overdose epidemic
- March 29, 2018: U.S. drug overdose deaths continue to rise; increase fueled by synthetic opioids
- March 06, 2018: Emergency Department Data Show Rapid Increases in Opioid Overdoses
2017
- July 6, 2017: Opioid prescribing is still high and varies widely throughout the U.S.
- October 27, 2017: Fentanyl involved in over half of opioid overdose deaths in 10 states
- 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
CDC Health Alert Network (HAN)
2021
- September 14, 2021: Increases in Availability of Cannabis Products Containing Delta-8 THC and Reported Cases of Adverse Events
2020
- December 17, 2020: Increase in Fatal Drug Overdoses Across the United States Driven by Synthetic Opioids Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
2019
2018
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
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