Controlled Substance Prescribing Patterns Among Fatal Overdose Decedents with an Opioid, Stimulant, or Both Contributing to Death — Pennsylvania, 2017–2022
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Description
Reports on deaths involving opioids without stimulants, deaths involving stimulants without opioids, and deaths involving both opioids and stimulants in Pennsylvania between 2017 and 2022. Includes data for rural and urban areas. Discusses the role of opioid prescribing on overdose deaths.
Author(s)
Stephanie Hayden, Stanley M. Murzynski, Ashley Bolton, Carrie Thomas Goetz
Citation
MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 74(12), 205-209
Date
04/2025
Organization
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tagged as
Illicit drug use
· Mortality
· Prescription drug misuse
· Rural-urban differences
· Statistics and data
· Pennsylvania