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Charting Two Decades of the Evolving Opioid Crisis

Just over a decade after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declared an “epidemic” of overdoses from prescription painkillers, the opioid crisis is worse than ever. This blog examines the history and evolution of the opioid crisis through several charts based on data from SHADAC’s State Health Compare.