ADVOCACY SPOTLIGHT: Opioid Crisis Response Continues

Advocacy Spotlight

Opioid Crisis Response Continues

Congress and ASCA work to raise awareness and curb use

BY JEFF EVANS   |  FEBRUARY 2019

Advocacy Spotlight

ASCs play an important role in innovating health care delivery and non-opioid treatments.

Advocacy Spotlight

Opioid Crisis Response Continues

Congress and ASCA work to raise awareness and curb use

BY JEFF EVANS   |  FEBRUARY 2019

According to an estimate from the US Drug Enforcement Administration, more than 72,000 Americans died in 2017 from drug overdoses. Preliminary data show 49,060 of these deaths were related to opioids—an increase from 42,249 in 2016. The 2016 figure was five times higher than the 1999 figure.

 

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