In the United States, Utah is in the top 10 for opioid addiction and overdose in the United States. Stand with us to take on Big Pharma and their overreach into our communities.
Why is this important?
Opioid misuse, addiction, overdose and death have become an epidemic in America. In fact, over the past 15 years, the nation's opioid epidemic has claimed more than 250,000 lives, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In the last year alone, nearly 30,000 Americans died from opioid overdoses.
In Utah, state data from 2015 found that 24 Utahns per month — or nearly one person every day — died from an overdose.
Between 2011 - 2016, Salt Lake County saw the greatest total number of overdose deaths, with 638. Utah County was second with 259, followed by 184 in Weber County, 133 in Davis County, 37 in Cache and 14 in Washington County.
We are hoping you would join your neighboring counties with a resolution to take legal action against Big Pharma.
