The Commonwealth Prevention Alliance Campaign to Stop Opiate Abuse
Over 5,400 people in PA died of a drug-related overdose in 2017.1
95,000 young adults in PA report misusing a prescription pain reliever in the past year.2
People between the ages of 18 and 25 are nearly 3 times as likely to misuse prescription drugs than adolescents (ages 12-17) or adults ages 26 and older.
(Image Source: 2015 NSDUH, https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/NSDUH-FFR2-2015/NSDUH-FFR2-2015.htm#fig7)
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