Here is drug-related #data for the counties in the Philadelphia PA region from 2006-2018. I'd have to dive into the math later, but it looks like counties with the largest decreases in Rx #opioids dispensing had the largest increases in drug overdose death rates. *THREAD*
Similar to my earlier tweet, in these visualizations you will generally see the counties on the left get darker (overdose death rate increasing) as the right gets lighter (Rx opioid dispensing rate decrease). This is apparent for Philadelphia, Delaware, and Bucks counties.
For those that aren't familiar: Rx opioid dispensing ⬇️ due to federal drug policies that restricted doctors from prescribing Rx opioids to their patients, in hopes of 📉 overdose deaths -- but restricting Rx opioids clearly has not solved that problem according to this data.
The trend of Rx opioid dispensing ⬇️ followed by drug overdose deaths ⬆️ is the general trend across America, indicating there is another culprit to this problem that has not been effectively addressed 👉🏾illicit fentanyl, but drug policy continues to focus on 🚫 Rx opioids.
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