How opiate use has grown over the last few decades

10 8 6 4 2 0

Natural & Semi-Synthetic Opioids

Methadone

Other Synthetic Opioids (e.g., fentanyl, tramadol)

Heroin

2015

2012

2009

2006

2003

Deaths per 100,000 population

2000

The amount of prescription opioids sold to pharmacies, hospitals, and doctors’ offices nearly quadrupled from 1999 to 2010, 3, 4 yet there had not been an overall change in the amount of pain that Americans reported. 5,6 Deaths from prescription opioids—drugs like oxycodone, hydrocodone, and methadone— have more than quadrupled since 1999.7

Any Opioid

Source: CDC