ITAC 12/13/2016 Karl D. Fiebelkorn, MBA, RPh 1
Narcotic Abuse & Drug Disposal
Karl Fiebelkorn, MBA, RPh
Senior Associate Dean Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice & Administration University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Narcotic Abuse Drug Disposal
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› Survey published by SAMSA on the use of illegal drugs, alcohol and tobacco by the civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the US aged 12 and over.
› 27 million people aged 12 and older used an illicit drug in the past 30 days (10.2%)
– Aged 12 to 17 2.3 million (9.4%) – Aged 18 to 25 7.7 million (22.0%) – Aged ≥ 26 17 million (8.3%)
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) 2014
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSA)
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) 2014
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSA)
› 27 million people aged 12 and older used an illicit drug in the past 30 days.
– 4.3 million Americans reported current non‐medical use of prescription pain relievers – Approximately 1.9 million Americans met criteria for prescription pain reliever use disorder based on their use of prescription pain relievers in the past year.
› 1.4 million people used prescription painkillers non‐medically for the first time in the past year.
– The average age for prescription painkiller first‐time use was 21.2 in the past year.
Deaths from Prescription Opioids CDC Statistics
› 1999 ‐ 2014
– 165,000 deaths – Aged 25‐54 most common – Overdose rates highest
› Non‐Hispanic whites › Deaths Men > women
› 2014
– 14,000 deaths
› Most common drugs in prescription overdose
– Methadone – Oxycodone – Hydrocodone
http://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/data/overdose.html Accessed October 27, 2016
NYS Drug Overdoses
› 1.4 million New Yorkers suffer from a substance abuse disorder › Upstate NY had a 222% increase in admissions to OASAS certified treatment programs among 18‐24 year old for heroin and other opioids › 2014
– 2,028 New Yorkers died of a drug overdose
› 30% in New York City
NYS Heroin and Opioid Task Fore Report June 9, 2016
NYS Opioid Crisis: Statistics
› Nearly 80% of recent heroin uses started with opioid analgesics
Jones, CM (2013). Heroin Use and Heroin Use Risk Behaviors among Nonmedical Users of Prescription Opioid Pain Relievers: United States, 2002
- 2004 and 2008- 2010. Retrieved September 27, 2016, from
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23410617