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1 in 4 teens has abused stimulant medications for ADHD. (Source)
More than half of the fentanyl-laced fake prescription pills being trafficked in communities across the country now contain a potentially deadly dose of fentanyl. (Source)
Misuse of prescription pain relievers is, after marijuana use, the second most common form of illicit drug use in the United States. (Source)
More than 131 million people — 66 percent of all adults in the United States — use prescription drugs. (Source)
Pharmacies are often the most accessible health care provider for millions of Americans, with most Americans living within five miles of a pharmacy. (Source)
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that unwanted medications should never be used (Source)
The United States of America is considered to be the world’s top medical waste-producing nation, with an annual production of over 3.5 million tons of medical waste and an average disposal cost of $790 per ton. (Source)
In May 2023, there are an estimated 463,900 pharmacy technicians employed in the United States. (Source)In May 2023, there are an estimated 331,700 pharmacists employed in the United States. (Source)
In May 2023, there are an estimated 35,980 pharmacists employed in California. (Source)
In May 2023, there are an estimated 24,740 pharmacists employed in Texas. (Source)
Total annual cost of opioid use disorder (OUD) to U.S. society in 2018 was $786.8 billion. (Source)
The mean value of preventing an OUD across all ages in the U.S. was estimated to be $2.2 million for society, $325,125 for taxpayers, and $244,030 for the healthcare sector. (Source)
53% of Americans have no idea what to do with their old medications. (Source)
Nearly three out of five (58%) will hold onto their old medications. (Source)
More than two-thirds (68%) of Americans would be willing to change their ways and dispose of medications properly if they knew how. (Source)
Among people aged 12 or older in 2020, 0.3 percent had a prescription stimulant use disorder. (Source)
In 2021, 46.3 million people aged 12 or older (or Among people aged 12 or older in 2020, 1.2 million people initiated prescription pain reliever misuse in the past year. (Source)
Among people aged 12 or older in 2020 who misused prescription pain relievers in the past year, the most common source for the last pain reliever they misused was from a friend or relative in some way. (Source)
Veterans are twice as likely to die from accidental overdose compared to the general U.S. population. (Source)
Only 3.6% of studies college students surveyed perceived a need for help with substance use problems; but 16.4% were encouraged by someone else to seek help. (Source)
Results highlight the opportunity for early intervention with college students with SUD. (Source)
Illegally made fentanyl (IMF) is sometimes present in products that are sold as heroin or in counterfeit prescription drugs. However, people who use IMF are often not aware they are doing so. (Source)
Children aged 0 to 5 years accounted for almost 90% of buprenorphine exposures. (Source)
Walgreens and CVS account for 19,000 of 29,000 chain pharmacies in America. (Source)
About 20.7% (weighted percentage) reported ever having shared opioid medications with another person. (Source)
Some respondents reported being likely to let a relative (13.7%) or close friend (7.7%) use their opioid medication. (Source)
Among those with leftover opioid medications, 61.3% reported keeping them for future use. (Source)
48.7% of adults with recent opioid medication use did not recall receiving information on safe storage (Source)
The vast majority of respondents (91.4%) reported storing their opioid medication in an unlocked location. (Source)
45.3% of adults with recent opioid medication use did not recall receiving information on proper disposal. (Source)
Before completing the intervention, more than half of participants were unaware of safe locations to properly store opioid medications or how to properly dispose of unused pills (54.8%). (Source)
The majority of participants were aware that using expired medications is not recommended (75.8%). (Source)
The majority of participants were aware that lending their medication to others is unsafe behavior (95.2%). (Source)
Patient intervention produced significant increases in knowledge regarding: (1) prescription storage (2) medication disposal; (3) borrowing pills from others; (4) saving unused opioid pills; and (5) using expired medications. (Source)
Only one third of parents (33%) said that the prescribing provider discussed what to do with the child’s leftover pain medication. (Source)
One half of parents (50%) reported their child had leftover pills from a pain medication prescription. (Source)
Twice as many parents with no provider discussion kept leftover pain pills at home compared to parents whose provider discussed what to do with leftover medication. (Source)
About 3.8% of adolescents aged 12-17 reported misusing opioids. (Source)
About 7.8% of young adults aged 18-25 reported misusing opioids. (Source)
Among those misusing opioids, 55.7% obtained them from friends or relatives. (Source)
Obtaining opioids free from friends or relatives was the most common source for both adolescents (33.5%) and young adults (41.4%) (Source)
93% of surveyed parents had leftover medications after use. (Source)
Prompt disposal behavior was higher for parents who received … interventions (38.5%). (Source)
Intervention independently decreased planned retention [of unneeded medication] rates. (Source)
Higher risk perception lowered the odds of planned [unneeded medication] retention. (Source)
Joint Economic Committee estimates the opioid epidemic cost the United States nearly $1.5 trillion in 2020 alone—up 37% from 2017, when the CDC last measured the cost (Source)
Opioid cases increased during the coronavirus pandemic, costing the United States an estimated $1.5 trillion in 2020 (Source)
The opioid crisis disproportionately hurts Black Americans and increases economic inequality (Source)
Coronavirus pandemic disruptions created new barriers for people diagnosed with opioid use disorder (Source)
For every fatal opioid overdose, there are about 30 nonfatal overdoses (Source)
Among PA Medicaid enrollees with a heroin overdose or a prescription opioid overdose, the mean ages were 32.6 years and 35.5 years (Source)
Stigma around providing naloxone does exist, but many personnel overcome these , so long as they perceive their behavioral control to do so and they believe that peers and other important referents share similar beliefs (Source)
92% of participants ultimately disposed of their unused opioid using an in-home disposal method (Source)
Among people aged 12 or older in 2021, 3.3 percent (or 9.2 million people) misused opioids (heroin or prescription pain relievers) in the past year. (Source)
Opioid misuse in the past year among people aged 12 or older in 2021 did not differ among racial or ethnic groups. (Source)
In 2021, 46.3 million people aged 12 or older (or 16.5 percent) had a substance use disorder (SUD) in the past year, including … 24.0 million who had a drug use disorder, and 7.3 million people who had both an alcohol use disorder and a drug use disorder. (Source)
The percentage of people aged 12 or older in 2021 with a past year SUD was higher among American Indian or Alaska Native (27.6 percent) or Multiracial people (25.9 percent) (Source)
Only one-third of patients disposed of their unused opioid medication (Source)
Education about the importance of and appropriate methods for drug disposal was associated with a significantly increased likelihood of patients disposing of unused medication (Source)
… the most impactful drivers of unused opioid disposal were routine practice of disposing of all unused drugs and instruction from a health care provider … (Source)
Higher-risk behaviors in patients aged 9-18 … totaled more than $327 million, accounting for more than 10 percent of all hospital-related charges (Source)
A Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) is a drug safety program that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) can require for certain medications with serious safety concerns to help ensure the benefits of the medication outweigh its risks. REMS are designed to reinforce medication use behaviors and actions that support the safe use of that medication. While all medications have labeling that informs health care stakeholders about medication risks, only a few medications require a REMS. (Source)
The strongest predictor of lifetime opioid dependence was having a prescription opioid in the family medicine cabinet at age 14. (Source)
Those who grew up believing there was a pill for everything and those who initiated alcohol use before 15 were 1.83 and 1.78 times as likely, respectively, to meet dependence criteria than their counterparts. (Source)
Demographics and other adolescent predictors were not associated with opioid dependence. (Source)
In-home Disposal System
or At-home Disposal System
- A system that changes the physical integrity of the drug’s formulation,
- Renders the active ingredient(s) unusable (for all practical purposes, mitigating the risk of nonmedical use or overdose),
- Is non-toxic and non-hazardous, poses no threat to the consumer and reduces drug exposure to the environment, and,
- Acts as a deterrent for misuse.
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