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CALIFORNIA SCHEDULE II-V DRUG ACQUISITION, PRESCRIPTION AND DISPENSATION PUBLIC STATISTICS

California Health and Safety Code sections 11165(d) and 11190(c) require dispensers to report prescription dispensation information to the California Department of Justice (CA DOJ) for Schedule II, Schedule III, Schedule IV, or Schedule V controlled substances. This reported information is maintained in the Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES), which is administered by CA DOJ.

The below statistical tables reflect an aggregation of the prescription dispensation information reported to the CA DOJ.

Additional CURES data may be available in accordance with the California Code of Regulations, title 11, chapter 8.5, article 3. Information about the data request process is available on the following Department of Justice Research Center web page: https://oag.ca.gov/research-center/request-process.

Additional data on state and local level drug-related overdose outcomes for California, including deaths, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations, as well as opioid and select other drug prescription data, are also available in the California Overdose Surveillance Dashboard on the following California Department of Public Health web page: https://skylab.cdph.ca.gov/ODdash/?tab=Home.

Tables

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Table 1: Metrics by Month and Zip Code CSV Format
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Table 2: Metrics by Year and Zip Code CSV Format
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Table 3: Metrics by Month, County, and Age Group CSV Format
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Table 4: Metrics by Year, County, and Age Group CSV Format
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Table 5: Metrics by Month, Zip Code, and Drug CSV Format
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Table 6: MME by Year, Locale, and Drug CSV Format
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Table 7: Prescribers by Year, Locale, and Prescriber Frequency Group CSV Format
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Table 8: Prescriptions by Month, Locale, and Drug Schedule Group CSV Format
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Table 9: Prescriptions by Year, Locale, and Drug Schedule Group CSV Format
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Table 10: Pill per Prescription Statewide by Month, Drug Schedule Group, and Age Group CSV Format
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Table 11: Pill per Prescription Statewide by Year, Drug Schedule Group, and Age Group CSV Format
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