For every one million Americans, almost 50,000 doses of opioid's are taken every day.
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| Opioid Daily Usage 2017 |
That's around four times the rate in the UK. In the 2017, U.S physicians prescribed 47,580 daily doses of narcotics per million inhabitants. This is a high rate compared to those of other countries in the same year: Eg 16,591 daily doses in Australia and 12,058 daily doses in the United Kingdom.
