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Publisher
Office of the Governor
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
The abuse of prescription drugs is the fastest growing drug problem in the United States, particularly among adolescents. Colorado ranks second worst among all states for prescription drug misuse. More than 255,000 Coloradans misuse prescription drugs, and deaths involving the use of opioids nearly quadrupled between 2000 and 2011.
Publisher
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Violence and Injury Prevention-Mental Health Promotion Branch
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
This profile summarizes controlled substance prescriptions that Colorado residents received from 2014-2016, prescribing practices and patient behaviors, population-level health care encounters and deaths related to opioid overdose among Colorado residents. This information is from several sources: The Colorado Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP), emergency department visit and hospital discharge databases and death certificates.
Publisher
Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention
Pub. Date
2013-
Description
The abuse of prescription medicine is the fastest growing drug problem in the United States, particularly among teens. Nearly 224,000 Coloradans misuse prescription drugs each year. Links to information on safe use, safe storage, and safe disposal of prescription medicine.
11) Annual report
Author
Publisher
Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention
Pub. Date
2017-
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