Few US communities remain untouched by opioid overdoses: they killed an average of 224 people each day in 2022.
Opioid deaths have increased tenfold over the past 25 years. Among all addictions in 2021, the number of people in treatment for opioid addiction — for abuse of prescription opioids, heroin, and illegal fentanyl — was second only to alcohol abuse at reporting facilities.[1]
