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The rather lengthy article beginning on page 25, "The Misuse of Prescription Drugs" is one that I hope everyone will read. It is from the National Institutes of Health and covers what has become a huge health concern for not only our country, but also our state.


From North Carolina's 2016 Strategic Plan to Reduce Prescription Drug Abuse: "In the last 15 years, the United States and the state of North


Carolina have seen a dramatic increase in the rate of death caused by an overdose of opioid prescription drugs. This increase is run- ning parallel with the ever-increasing rate of prescription of opioid painkillers. North Carolina’s 2010 prescription painkiller death rate of 11.4 per 100,000 residents is just below the na- tional average of 12.4 per 100,000 (CDC, 2013). Across the nation, death from prescription pain relievers is nearly double that of the rate of overdose for all other illegal drugs combined (NIDA, 2014). It is important for the state of North Carolina to take a multifac- eted approach to prevent diversion, abuse and misuse of prescrip- tion drugs. To that end, leaders from throughout the state came together to develop a strategic plan that would serve as a frame- work for addressing the many aspects of the prescription drug abuse epidemic consuming many of our residents and their families.


"Because the majority of the prescription drugs being abused


are opioids, North Carolina has seen a rise in heroin use, as those individuals addicted to pills fi nd a cheaper, more accessible method to continue their addiction. This is not isolated to our state, but a national problem (Volkow, 2014). North Carolina recognizes that heroin abuse is an increasing health risk that re- quires individual attention. There was a 300% increase of heroin- related deaths between 2008 and 2013. While this strategic plan does not directly address heroin addiction disorder, the working group recognizes the importance of developing an individual coordinated response to this growing challenge."


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