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Although the amount of morphine milligram equivalent (MME) of opioids prescribed per capita varied substantially at the county level in 2017 (A), the amount of opioids prescribed in the United States between 2015 and 2017 decreased overall (B). Image created and published with permission by Randall Young, MA, of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
