Preventing opioid overdose one prescription at a time

Our Mission

From 1999–2018, nearly 450,000 people died from an overdose involving opioids. In 2018 almost 70% of the 67,367 deaths involved an opioid.

Roughly 21 to 29 percent of patients prescribed opioids for chronic pain misuse them.
Between 8 and 12 percent develop an opioid use disorder.
An estimated 4 to 6 percent who misuse prescription opioids transition to heroin
About 80 percent of people who use heroin first misused prescription opioids.