According to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), opioid prescribing decreased in parts of the country between 2010 and 2015, but remains high compared with 1999 data. Opioid prescribing peaked at 782 morphine milligram equivalents (MME) per capita in 2010. In 2015, this number decreased to 640 MME per capita.
Several hit hardest by the opioid epidemic include, Florida, Kentucky, and Ohio. The implementation of pain clinic regulation and mandating that clinicians review Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) data has helped many of these states reduce prescribing.