Preventing Prescription Drug Overdose: 2014 Introduced State Legislation

Updated July 2014

http://www.ncsl.org/research/health/prevention-of-prescription-drug-overdose-and-abuse.aspx

According to research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 30 percent of prescription painkiller deaths involve methadone, even though only two percent of painkiller prescriptions are for this drug.