The Opioid Crisis

How opioids impact our citizens

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A Chronic Disease

Opioid misuse can lead to addiction, a brain disorder that must be managed over one's lifetime.  It cannot be "cured" with 30 days of rehab treatment.

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More People Need Help

The Opioid Crisis has helped fuel a pandemic that has impacted many of our young people, families, neighbors, friends and coworkers.

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Addiction Is Deadly

Overdose deaths kill over 100,000 Americans annually and the rates of overdose have skyrocketed from fentanyl entering into our community.

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Fentanyl is Fueling the Crisis

Fentanyl is hard to detect, is laced into other drugs like pot, and very deadly.  75% of the overdose deaths today are from fentanyl.

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Adolescents Are at Risk

1 in 10 adolescents that misuse substances before they leave high school will rewire their brains before they have time to fully develop increasing the chances they will become addicted.

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The Opioid Crisis is Costly

Addiction has a $1 trillion dollar economic impact annually in healthcare, law enforcement, lost productivity at work, and legal cost.