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Arkansas Department of Health 4815 West Markham Street ● Little Rock, Arkansas 72205-3867 ● Telephone (501) 661-2000 Governor Mike Beebe Nathaniel Smith, MD, MPH, Interim Director and State Health Officer
Status of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs)
Research is current as of April 10, 2013
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National Vital Statistics System (CDC)
Released January 14, 2007: Drug-induced deaths had become
more common than alcohol-induced or firearm-related deaths in the U.S.
Released November 4, 2011: Drug overdose deaths surpassed
traffic accident deaths in the U.S.
Arkansas ranked among the second highest group of states
nationally in overall drug overdose deaths in 2008, 38% of which were due to nonmedical use of opioid pain relievers.
In 2010, Arkansas was among the highest group nationally in
the rate of kilograms of opioid pain relievers sold per 10,000 people.
CDC, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 60(43): 1490,2011 CDC, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 60(43): 1490,2011
National Survey on Drug Use and Health
(SAMHSA)
- Released January 8, 2013: Prescription drug misuse is second
- nly to marijuana as the nation’s most prevalent illicit drug
problem.
- Arkansas ranked among the top five states for nonmedical use
- f prescription pain relievers by persons aged 12 and older
from 2010 – 2011.
Arkansas Crime Laboratory
- In 2011, approximately 1250 autopsies were
performed in Arkansas. Drug intoxication, either from prescription or illicit drugs or a combination thereof, was the primary cause of death in 1 of 9 cases.
- Drugs, including prescription drugs, were a