Vanderbilt Department of Anesthesiology
Tracy Jackson, MD
Program Director, Multidisciplinary Pain Fellowship
Associate Medical Director, Outpatient Pain Centers
Co-Director, EMPOWER Program for Functional Restoration
Vanderbilt University
Statistics on Illicit Opioid Use
- Americans = 4.6% of world’s population
- Use 66% of world’s illicit drugs
- Use 80% of global opioid supply
- Use 99% of global hydrocodone supply
- 13 million “new” users of illicit substances (2011)
- Marijuana (67%)
- Prescription psychotherapeutics (22%)
- 14% opioids13 million “new” users of illicit substances (2011)
*2012 National Survey on Drug Abuse and Health, SAMHSA
