People Addicted to Opioids in USA, 2020

Population, State of Florida, 2020

People Die Each Day From Opioids in USA, 2021

This must STOP NOW!

Latest Numbers in US

Projected 106,000 overdose deaths over a
12-month period ending November 2021
Dozen per hour
One every 5 minutes.

New research

 New research released in April of 2022 showed a particularly large jump in 14-to-18-year old's.
Fake pills disguised as Xanax, Vicodin, and Percocet are being laced with Fentanyl
Kids need to know pills and powders pose the highest risk of overdose.

Race & Addiction

Perceived deaths among poor and minorities due to stigma.
The reality is that overdoses are happening in gated communities among
upper and middle-class families who are successful and prominent members of society.
Addiction does not discriminate.

Racial Breakdown of Deaths

Black

Latino

White

2010

24 per 100,000   

62 per 100,000

421 per 100,000  

2020

114 per 100,000

27 6 per 100,000

521 per 100,000   

2021

96 per 100,000   

354 per 100,000   

 604 per 100,000    

Toria Stevens

11/24/1995 - 01/22/2018

Drew Donoghue

05/09/1991 - 02/11/2018

Bradley White

05/16/1986 - 03/04/2016

Alex Champney

11/19/1991 - 05/07/2016

Brandon Davis

10/17/1984 - 04/01/2019

Josh Ezell

11/23/1983 - 07/21/2017

Lauren Church

02/08/1990 - 12/25/2017

Kyle Dodds

05/11/1992 - 09/26/2016

Matt Tate

03/22/1989 - 02/21/2019

Stacy Addison

04/14/1975 - 09/02/2017

Clarence Brittingham

05/26/1995 - 02/13/2019

Chad Trent

10/25/1991 - 12/04/2015

Brittany Lange

08/01/1989 - 09/18/2016

Trevor Wayne Chase Martin

11/21/1992 - 12/04/2018

Jared Jackson

08/25/1986 - 08/23/2011

Amber Renee Lara

04/05/1996 - 01/30/2015

Brandyn Reilly

05/15/1995 - 02/13/2017

Adam Creepp

06/24/95 - 02/15/2015

Jena Rose Tucker

11/13/1992 - 02/16/2017

Trevor Blankenship

02/24/1988 - 04/27/2017

Chad Ryan Marx

06/10/1977 - 09/11/2013

Garrett Borgwardt

10/26/92 - 06/19/16

Chrissie LaBarbera Burton

07/29/1990 - 05/07/2016

Hunter Dalton

03/09/1993 - 12/04/2016

Brandon Mueller

04/30/1996 - 08/02/2016

Miranda Rae Bodenheimer

09/17/1991 - 10/17/2018

Kirby Luke Randolph

03/31/1992 - 04/05/2018

Patrick Michael Raynor, Jr.

06/17/1979 - 06/28/2017

Allison Trimble

11/28/1997 - 10/06/2018

Jesse R. Peiffer

10/05/1991 - 02/28/2018

Stephen Charles Angel, II

03/04/1970 - 05/19/2018

Rachael Hurst Angel

08/08/1972 - 01/02/2019

Ricky Morrissey

09/01/1988 - 05/16/2016

Dakota Chaney

02/02/1992 - 05/12/2014

Victoria "Rikki" Siegel

11/25/1996 - 06/06/2015

Michael Reid Alberts

05/07/1994 - 06/23/2019

Chase Leduc

07/25/1994 - 10/24/2018

Tristan Thompson

06/09/1998 - 08/04/2016

Joshua Lee Turek

03/01/1986 - 03/23/2017

Mark Allen Werkman, II

03/24/1989 - 08/26/2017

Gregory Webster

06/26/1975 - 08/25/2017

Josh Nixon

12/30/1991 - 05/02/2018

Amber & Allison

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This Cannot Continue

Approximately 197 People Die EACH DAY in the USA from opioid overdose.

Reducing Stigma through public awareness and education, Family Support and Relapse Prevention Focus

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Overdose Loss, Grief, and Resilience

The following research encompasses the analysis of peer-reviewed journal articles on complex grief and obtaining resilience after losing a loved one. It analyzes the effects of loss on mourners, the processing of grief, and evidence-based research on finding resilience.
Overdose loss has underlying intricacies of stigma, shame, and blame which add to the normal stages of grief and complicate the process of healing.
Overdose does not discriminate; it can happen in any family. With the number of overdoses skyrocketing, it is important to look at the families who are affected.
There is an abundance of research on grief from many angles, but there is a much-needed gap to be filled when it comes to Overdose Grief.

Read The Report