The Prescription Behavior Surveillance System (PBSS) collects deidentified data from state prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) to identify trends in controlled substance prescribing and dispensing and indicators of non-medical use and diversion. This 2016 report summarizes the data from Delaware’s PDMP.
This 2015 report from the Association for Community Affiliated Health Plans summarizes the findings from their reducing prescription drug abuse collaborative. The report describes projects designed and implemented by 13 participating health plans in the areas of screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT);
This one page infographic from the National Institute on Drug Abuse shows the occurrence of neonatal withdrawal syndrome (also known as neonatal abstinence syndrome) in babies born in the United States between 2004 and 2014.
This data analysis focuses on the occurrence of opioid use disorder documented during hospital births in the United States between 1999 and 2014. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and published in the August 2018 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
This website presents an interactive data chart on drug overdoses in the United States from the National Safety Council. Users can compare data on overdoses over time (1999-2017), by drug type, age, and gender.
This interactive data feature from the National Academy for State Health Policy lists all of the federal funding grants provided to states to address the opioid crisis in FY 2018.
In 2012, experts created a checklist of best practices for prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) as a way of improving the capability of PDMPs to produce data that is more accurate and useful.
This National Safety Council infographic compares deaths caused by prescription opioid overdoses to deaths by homicide in 2013.
This National Safety Council infographic shows that deaths related to prescription opioids increased 300% between 1999 and 2013.
This National Safety Council infographic compares deaths caused by overdoses to those caused by fire or burns in 2013.