California
State Facts
Deaths or 59.1% of all overdose deaths in the year ending April 2025 involved opioids.¹
or 3.4% of all Medicare Part D claims were for opioids in 2023 – an average of 36 per prescriber.²
Prescriptions for opioids were written in California in 2023.3
the estimated total societal cost of opioid use disorder (OUD) in California in 2024.⁴
Opioid Settlement Funds
National approved use: providing support for non-opioid pain treatment alternatives, including training providers to offer or refer to multi-modal, evidence-informed treatment of pain.
Member & Endorser Footprint
Co-Sponsors (119th)
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA)
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA)
Rep. Nannette Diaz Barragan (D-CA-44)
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA-36)
Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19)
Rep. Scott Peters (D-CA-50)
Rep. Julia Brownley (D-CA-26)
Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA-21)
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA-17)
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA-42)
ep. Ro Khanna (D-CA-17)
Statements of Support
Statements of Support for the Alternatives to Prevent Addiction in the Nation (PAIN) Act
1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025). Provisional Drug Overdose Death Counts. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/drug-overdose-data.htm
2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025). Medicare Part D Opioid Prescribing Mapping Tool. https://cms-oeda.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=5390718d875d4c049b1ac5976a9ff083
3. California Department of Pubic Health. 2025. California Overdose Surveillance Dashboard. https://skylab.cdph.ca.gov/ODdash/?tab=Home
4. Avalere Health (2025). The cost of addiction: Opioid use disorder in the United States. https://advisory.avalerehealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Avalere-Health-White-Paper_The-cost-of-opioid-addiction_OUD-in-the-United-States.pdf