Key TakeawaysSouthern states had the highest opioid dispensing rates per 100 persons in 2023, including Arkansas (71.5), Alabama (71.4), Mississippi (63.1), and Louisiana (62.7).States with the lowest rates were spread out geographically: Hawaii (22.6), California (23.8), New Jersey (26.3), and New York (26.3).More than a decade after prescription opioids saturated U.S. medicine cabinets, the crisis […]
