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Drug overdose death rates by state policy category SOURCES National Vital Statistics System Multiple Cause of Death mortality files, 2006–13, from the National Center for Health Statistics; state populations obtained from CDC WONDER (Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research), 2006–13. NOTE PDMP is prescription drug monitoring program. aCombined drugs include prescription opioids, heroin, and unspecified drugs.
