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| https://www.portman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=8D34E77A-159F-4A0D-9725-B938E3BEF4CA | Portman Statement on CDC Report Confirming Significant Increase in Drug-Related Deaths | 2017-12-21 | 2017 | 2017-12 | Republican | House | OH | Rob Portman | P000449 | www.portman.senate.gov | legacy | Portman Calls on Senate to Pass STOP Act to Help Address the Epidemic WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, the Centers for Disease Control released its 2016 mortality data report and found that there were 63,632 drug-related deaths last year, an increase of 21 percent from 2015.The report shows that nationally, overdose rates are 19.8 per 100,000. In Ohio, the rate is double that at 39.1 per 100,000. In fact, Ohio ranked second among all states for drug-related deaths with fatalities taking 4,539 lives. Deaths specifically associated with fentanyl and other synthetic opioids doubled. U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) issued the following statement on the report and impact of the heroin and prescription drug epidemic: Im saddened by new statistics from the CDC, which confirm that drug-related deaths continue to rise across the country and that fentanyl continues to be a primary driver in these deaths. With the rate of overdose deaths in Ohio double the national rate, this fight is personal for me and my fellow Ohioans. I will continue to fight in the new year for common-sense legislation like the STOP Act to help stop the flow of fentanyl and other dangerous synthetic drugs into the country and our local communities so that every American can reach their God-given potential. I urge my colleagues in the Senate to pass this bill as quickly as possible. NOTE:Portmans bipartisan Synthetics Trafficking & Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act will help stop dangerous drugs such as heroin, fentanyl and carfentanil from being shipped through our borders to drug traffickers here in the United States. President Trumps opioid commission endorsed the STOP Act in November. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has also endorsed the bill as well. ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |