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- CDC launches campaign to help states fight prescription opioid epidemic
September 2017 - Injury Center Press Room
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- Stevi Rae’s Rx Awareness Story (Extended Cut) | Covid-19external icon
July 27, 2020 - CDC raises awareness on risks of prescription opioidsexternal icon
April 9, 2019 - Eastern Niagara Healthlines: Join the Rx Awareness Campaignexternal icon
September 8, 2018 - Advertising Campaign Next Step for Department’s Opioid Effortsexternal icon
September 6, 2018 - Wyoming Department of Health to launch opioid awareness ad campaignexternal icon
September 5, 2018 - Adapting the RxAwareness Campaign for New York State
August 8, 2018 - How the CDC built an awareness campaign that spurred actionexternal icon
July 2018 - Raising Awareness to Prevent Prescription Opioid Overdoses – CDC
April 30, 2018 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is addressing the opioid epidemic through its “Rx Awareness Campaign.”external icon
April 17, 2018 - Kansas joins efforts to battle opioid epidemicexternal icon
January 15, 2018 - CDC tells opioid addiction stories with message: ‘It only takes a little to lose a lot.’external icon
November 3, 2017 - The CDC Defends Its New Anti-Opioid Ad Campaignexternal icon
October 24, 2017 - CDC Launches Opioid Campaign in Hard-Hit Statesexternal icon
September 26, 2017 - CDC launches campaign to help states fight prescription opioid epidemicexternal icon
September 25, 2017 - CDC to Launch Awareness Campaign Warning of Opioid Dangersexternal icon
April 19, 2017 - CDC campaign against opioid abuse takes scared-straight approach to stanch epidemic of overdosesexternal icon
April 19, 2017
Learn more about opioid misuse and overdose, data, and prevention resources at CDC’s Opioid Overdose website.