10 States With The Highest Opioid Abuse Rates

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#5 Massachusetts

  • Population: 6,794,422
  • 2015 deaths from opioid overdose: 1,550
  • Opioid death rate per 1,000,000 people: 228.1

1,550 Massachusetts residents died from opioid overdose in 2015.

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