Michigan has not been left out of the opioid epidemic that has engulfed the nation in recent years. In this map, drug poisoning deaths – which include, but are not limited to, opioid drugs – can be compared from 2004 to 2014, the most recent year for which data is available. See story here. Hover or click on a county to see how drug poisoning deaths have risen over the years.

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Map: Addiction's deadly trail

by Bridge Staff, Bridge Michigan
August 18, 2016

<h1>Map: Addiction's deadly trail</h1> <p class="byline">by Bridge Staff, Bridge Michigan <br />August 18, 2016</p> <p>Michigan has not been left out of the opioid epidemic that has engulfed the nation in recent years. In this map, drug poisoning deaths – which include, but are not limited to, opioid drugs – can be compared from 2004 to 2014, the most recent year for which data is available. <a href="http://bridgemi.com/2016/08/amid-opioid-crisis-few-doctors-use-michigans-outdated-drug-monitoring-tool/">See story here</a>. <strong>Hover or click on a county to see how drug poisoning deaths have risen over the years.</strong></p> <div class="resp-iframe"> <div class="player"></div> </div> <p><a href="http://blogs.cdc.gov/nchs-data-visualization/drug-poisoning-mortality/">Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</a></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/map-addictions-deadly-trail/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://bridgemi.com&quot;&gt;Bridge Michigan&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/bridgemi.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/cropped-android-chrome-192x192-1.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://bridgemi.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=9974&amp;amp;ga4=G-1E2G9MSHX5&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/map-addictions-deadly-trail/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bridgemi.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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