Statistics
Opioid General Facts
Prohibition
100

The amount of deaths per year in the U.S.

80,000+

100

What Opioid causes the most overdose deaths?

Fentanyl 

100

When was the 18th Amendment added?

1920

200

Estimated economic cost since 2001?

$1 Trillion+

200
What drives the Opioid Epidemic?

Prescription Painkillers, Heroin, Fentanyl

200

When was the date of repeal?

1933

300

1 in how many Americans know someone with an opioid addiction?

1 in 3

300

What flooded the illicit drug markets in 2016?

Fentanyl

300

What caused mass poisonings?

Tainted alcohol

400

Percentage of heroin users who started with prescription opioids?

80%
400

When was the start of the "War on Drugs"?

1971

400

What exploded the black market forward? (Need all 3)

Speakeasies, Bootleggers, Organized Crime

500

What years were the 3 waves of the opioid crisis?

1990s, 2010's, 2016+

500

Who is pushing fentanyl onto the streets?

Black Market and Cartels

500
The temperance movement was considered a        _______ _______ pushing to protect society.

Moral Crusade

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