Drug Overdose Mortality Rates:
Guidelines and Test Kits
Locate specific information and helpful drug test kit links by State
Regulatory Details by State:
Alabama
Year
2020
Rate
22.3
Deaths
1029
Links to Test Strips
https://www.samhsa.gov/newsroom/press-announcements/202104070200
https://mh.alabama.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Nov-17-Alabama-Opioid-Council-Final_11.17.21.pdf
Alaska
Year
2020
Rate
22
Deaths
160
Links to Test Strips
http://www.akleg.gov/basis/get_documents.asp?session=30&docid=55390
https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/PREVENTIONWELLNESS/SUBSTANCEUSE/OPIOIDS/Documents/OHA2479.pdf
Arizona
Year
2020
Rate
35.8
Deaths
2550
Links to Test Strips
Arkansas
Year
2020
Rate
19.1
Deaths
546
Links to Test Strips
California
Year
2020
Rate
21.8
Deaths
8908
Links to Test Strips
https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/2861/Naloxone
https://www.mass.gov/doc/article-fentanyls-new-foe-1-7-2019/download
http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/eprp/Health%20Alerts/LAHAN%20Fentanyl%20Overdoses%20052418.pdf
http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/sapc/docs/providers/overdose/OverDose_Caution-card.pdf?v=1.1
Colorado
Year
2020
Rate
24.9
Deaths
1492
Links to Test Strips
N/A
Connecticut
Year
2020
Rate
39.1
Deaths
1371
Links to Test Strips
https://harmreduction.newhavenct.gov/
https://www.ci.milford.ct.us/community-health-division/pages/milford-opioid-response-initiative
Delaware
Year
2020
Rate
47.3
Deaths
444
Links to Test Strips
Florida
Year
2020
Rate
35
Deaths
7231
Links to Test Strips
https://nida.nih.gov/research-topics/trends-statistics/infographics/what-fentanyl
Georgia
Year
2020
Rate
18
Deaths
1916
Links to Test Strips
N/A
Hawaii
Year
2020
Rate
18.3
Deaths
274
Links to Test Strips
https://health.hawaii.gov/opppd/files/2020/12/2021-ADAD-Leg-Report.pdf
Idaho
Illinois
Year
2020
Rate
28.1
Deaths
3549
Links to Test Strips
https://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=136839
Indiana
Year
2020
Rate
36.7
Deaths
2321
Links to Test Strips
Iowa
Kansas
Year
2020
Rate
17.4
Deaths
490
Links to Test Strips
N/A
Kentucky
Year
2020
Rate
49.2
Deaths
2083
Links to Test Strips
https://chfs.ky.gov/agencies/dph/Pages/harmreduction.aspx
https://louisvilleky.gov/government/health-wellness/overdose-prevention
Louisiana
Year
2020
Rate
42.7
Deaths
1896
Links to Test Strips
https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1251076
https://council.nola.gov/news/may-2021/council-president-helena-moreno-advances-decrimina/
Maine
Year
2020
Rate
39.7
Deaths
496
Links to Test Strips
Maryland
Year
2020
Rate
44.6
Deaths
2771
Links to Test Strips
https://health.frederickcountymd.gov/Faq.aspx?QID=180
https://beforeitstoolate.maryland.gov/fentanyl
https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/opioids/Resources/Files/Harm%20Reduction%201.pdf
https://www.annapolis.gov/1454/OD-Free-Annapolis
https://www.howardcountymd.gov/health/substance-use-education-awareness
https://www.congress.gov/116/meeting/house/110367/documents/HHRG-116-IF02-20200114-SD015.pdf
https://health.maryland.gov/phpa/Documents/FINAL%20GUIDANCE%20DOC.pdf
Massachusetts
Michigan
Year
2020
Rate
28.6
Deaths
2759
Links to Test Strips
Minnesota
Year
2020
Rate
19
Deaths
1050
Links to Test Strips
https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/opioids/documents/ftsforph.pdf
https://mn.gov/dhs/assets/oerac-meeting-notes-2-22_tcm1053-520923.pdf
Mississippi
Year
2020
Rate
21.1
Deaths
586
Links to Test Strips
N/A
Missouri
Year
2020
Rate
32.1
Deaths
1875
Links to Test Strips
https://health.mo.gov/living/healthcondiseases/communicable/hivaids/saferdruguse.php
Montana
Year
2020
Rate
15.6
Deaths
162
Resources
https://leg.mt.gov/content/publications/fiscal/2023-Interim/IBC-D/Fetanyl-Article.pdf
Nebraska
Year
2020
Rate
11.3
Deaths
214
Links to Test Strips
Nevada
New Hampshire
Year
2020
Rate
30.3
Deaths
393
Links to Test Strips
https://www.dhhs.nh.gov/sites/g/files/ehbemt476/files/documents2/dmi-april2022.pdf
New Jersey
Year
2020
Rate
32.1
Deaths
2840
Links to Test Strips
https://www.nj.gov/oag/njcares/ohh/downloads/OAG-resource-book_020821.pdf
New Mexico
Year
2020
Rate
39
Deaths
784
Links to Test Strips
N/A
New York
North Carolina
Year
2020
Rate
30.9
Deaths
3146
Links to Test Strips
https://www.ncdhhs.gov/media/8460/download
https://governor.nc.gov/news/governor-cooper-signs-opioid-response-act-and-other-bills-law
North Dakota
Year
2020
Rate
15.6
Deaths
114
Links to Test Strips
https://www.health.nd.gov/sites/www/files/documents/Files/MSS/HIVSTIHEP/Symposium/Robyn_FargoSSP.pdf
Ohio
Oklahoma
Year
2020
Rate
19.4
Deaths
762
Links to Test Strips
N/A
Oregon
Year
2020
Rate
18.7
Deaths
803
Links to Test Strips
https://www.multco.us/battling-opiate-epidemic/counterfeit-pills-overdose-prevention
https://www.multco.us/multnomah-county/news/health-officials-warn-rise-deaths-counterfeit-pills
https://www.co.lincoln.or.us/hhs/page/spike-overdoses-may-21-2021
https://www.co.washington.or.us/HHS/CommunicableDiseases/harm-reduction.cfm
https://sharedsystems.dhsoha.state.or.us/DHSForms/Served/le2479_22.pdf
Pennsylvania
Year
2020
Rate
42.4
Deaths
5168
Links to Test Strips
https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/TR/Transcripts/2022_0051_0005_TSTMNY.pdf
https://www.phila.gov/2022-03-08-fentanyl-test-strip-giveaway-campaign-wrap-up
https://www.phila.gov/2021-08-02-mayor-signs-executive-order-to-decriminalize-fentanyl-test-strips
https://apps.pittsburghpa.gov/redtail/images/15559_EO_Final_Fentanyl.pdf
https://www.media.pa.gov/pages/DDAP_details.aspx?newsid=209
https://www.paauditor.gov/Media/Default/Reports/RPT_Fentanyl_101619_FINAL.pdf
Rhode Island
Year
2020
Rate
38.2
Deaths
397
Links to Test Strips
http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H8132.pdf
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04372238
http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/TITLE21/21-28.9/21-28.9-3.1.htm
South Carolina
Year
2020
Rate
34.9
Deaths
1739
Links to Test Strips
https://www.daodas.sc.gov/services/prevention/overdose-death-prevention/
South Dakota
Year
2020
Rate
10.3
Deaths
83
Links to Test Strips
N/A
Tennessee
Year
2020
Rate
45.6
Deaths
3034
Links to Test Strips
https://www.tn.gov/behavioral-health/news/2022/5/10/tdmhsas-marks-fentanyl-awareness-day-may-10.html
Texas
Year
2020
Rate
14.1
Deaths
4172
Links to Test Strips
N/A
Utah
Year
2020
Rate
20.5
Deaths
622
Links to Test Strips
https://ptc.health.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/FTS-Report-Q1-2020-Final.pdf
Vermont
Year
2020
Rate
32.9
Deaths
190
Links to Test Strips
https://www.healthvermont.gov/response/alcohol-drugs/opioid-overdose-prevention-KnowOD
https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/33/019/02004a
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Year
2020
Rate
81.4
Deaths
1330
Links to Test Strips
https://dhhr.wv.gov/office-of-drug-control-policy/news/Documents/FTS%20Fact%20Sheet%20Final.pdf
Wisconsin
Year
2020
Rate
27.7
Deaths
1531
Links to Test Strips
Wyoming
Year
2020
Rate
17.4
Deaths
99
Links to Test Strips
N/A