Orange County NC Website
Mental Health & Substance Abuse <br />Prescription Drug Misuse/Abuse <br />OC ranked #1 (best) in the state when it comes to the <br />number of Opioid prescriptions (.52) or pills prescribed per <br />resident (34.5) <br />In 2015, the drug overdose rate was 7.1 per 100,000 <br />persons and the opioid rate was 4.2 per 100,000 persons. <br />