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CDC [1] 09/30/2015 |
There has not been an overall change in the amount of pain that Americans report,1,2 yet the amount of prescription painkillers dispensed in the U.S. quadrupled since 1999.3 Changes in how providers prescribe painkillers has helped fuel this epidemic. There is wide variation in painkiller prescribing between states which can't be explained by differences in health issues from state to state. Deaths from prescription painkillers have also quadrupled since 1999, killing more than 16,000 people in the U.S. in 2013.4Nearly two million Americans, aged 12 or older, either abused or were dependent on opioids in 2013.5 Statistical Reports [2] |
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SAMHSA Reports [3] 09/30/2015 |
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drug use and abuse and mental disorders in the U.S. civilian, non-institutionalized population, age 12 and older. The survey generates estimates at the National, state, and substate levels. Statistical Reports [2], SAMHSA [4] |
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Monitoring Health Concerns Related to Marijuana in Colorado: 2014 [5] 01/15/2015 |
Appendix [6] Changes in Marijuana Use Patterns, Systematic Literature Review, and Possible Marijuana-Related Health Effects Colorado [7], health [8], Pregnancy [9], youth [10], Report [11], Statistical Reports [2] |
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Monitoring the Future Survey, Overview of Findings 2014 [12] 12/31/2014 |
monitoring the future [14], perception [15], harm [16], Statistical Reports [2] |
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[3] http://www.rethinkpot.org/samhsa-reports
[4] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/samhsa
[5] http://www.rethinkpot.org/monitoring-health-concerns-related-marijuana-colorado-2014
[6] https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BxqXhstk92DbfnNfSURHd0VFZjEtRFpsVEg3bjM5QUJXOEd0VWZDOUNjSnpWWEFvTVdiUFU&usp=sharing
[7] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/colorado%2A
[8] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/health
[9] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/pregnancy
[10] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/youth
[11] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/report
[12] http://www.rethinkpot.org/monitoring-future-survey-overview-findings-2014
[13] http://www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/trends-statistics/monitoring-future/monitoring-future-figures-2014
[14] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/monitoring-future
[15] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/perception
[16] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/harm