Various articles and research that discuss trends in prescription drug abuse, effectiveness and risks opioid treatment, abuse-deterrent formulations, buprenorphine and more! Newly added August 2017: Drug Overdose Deaths Among Adolescents Aged 15-19 in the United States: 1999-2015 (CDC, released August 2017) 

• Misuse of Prescription Drugs (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Facts about Buprenorphine: Opioid Addiction Treatment (SAMHSA)
• Injury Prevention & Control: Opioid Overdose (CDC)
• Prescription opioid analgesic use among adults: United States, 1999-2012 (CDC)
• The Effectiveness and Risks of Long-term Opioid Treatment of Chronic Pain (AHRQ)
• Strategies and policies to address the opioid epidemic: A case study of Ohio (open access)
• Physician-pharmacist collaborative care model for buprenorphine-maintained opioid-dependent patients (abstract only)
• Prescription Opioid Use: Patient characteristics and misuse in community pharmacy (abstract only)
• Opioid exit plan: A pharmacist's role in managing acute postoperative pain (abstract only)
• Pharmacists' training, perceived roles, and actions associated with dispensing controlled substance prescriptions (abstract only)
• Controlled Substance Prescribing Patterns — Prescription Behavior Surveillance System, Eight States, 2013
• National Institute on Drug Abuse: Trends & Statistics
• National and State Treatment Need and Capacity for Opioid Agonist Medication-Assisted Treatment