Prescription Drug Misuse in America
![]() | The 2020 Quest Diagnostics Health Trends™ study, published in the journal Population Health Management, compared testing rates and results from across the country before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings show that prescription drug monitoring declined during the COVID-19 pandemic, while positivity for non-prescribed drugs and dangerous drugs in combination increased. |
Refer below for archives of past Prescription Drug Monitoring Reports
2019
Read the 2019 Quest Diagnostics Health Trends™, A Report on Prescription Drug Misuse in America.
2018
Read the 2018 Quest Diagnostics Health Trends™, A Report on Prescription Drug Misuse in America.
2017
Read the 2017 Quest Diagnostics Health Trends™, A Report on Prescription Drug Misuse in America.
2016
Read the 2016 Quest Diagnostics Health Trends™, A Report on Prescription Drug Misuse in America.
2015
Read the 2015 Quest Diagnostics Health Trends™, A Report on Prescription Drug Misuse in America.
2014
Read the new 2014 Quest Diagnostics Health Trends™, A Report on Prescription Drug Misuse in America.
2013
Read the press release on 2013 prescription drug misuse trends.
Read the 2013 Quest Diagnostics Health Trends™: A Report on Marijuana and Prescription Drug Misuse in America.
Read the press release on 2013 marijuana trends.
2012
Read the 2012 Quest Diagnostics Health Trends™ report: Prescription Drug Misuse in America.
Read the 2012 press release.
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