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by Chozenlaruso 2067 days ago
From your link:

"including prescription pain relievers, heroin, and synthetic opioids such as fentanyl"

So recreational drug abusers are included in the count? I believe the OP was only taking prescription drugs.

Is there a count somewhere of just the overdoses on prescribed opioids?

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It's tricky to meaningfully separate these cases, as many opioid addictions start with prescriptions and move to more available opioids when the prescriptions end.
This is substantially less common than is widely believed.
This varies a lot by area, but it isn't rare.