Analysis of Drug-Related Overdose Deaths in Pennsylvania, 2015

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Analysis of Drug-Related Overdose Deaths in Pennsylvania, 2015

July 01, 2016

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The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Philadelphia Field Division (PFD) Intelligence Program conducted a comprehensive analysis of illicit drug and diverted pharmaceutical abuse in Pennsylvania (PA), as measured through drug-related overdose death data. According to the most recent reporting by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Pennsylvania ranked eighth in the country in drug overdose deaths in 2014 (21.9 per 100,000 people).

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