Opioid deaths in Arizona decreased for the first time in a decade in 2022
For the first time in a decade, the number of opioid deaths reported in Arizona dropped in 2022. The latest Opioid Overdoses Surveillance Report from the Arizona Department of Health Services shows 1,927 Arizonans died from opioid use in 2022. That’s more than four times the number of opioid deaths reported in the state a decade earlier. But it is about a 5% drop from the