I thought it would be interesting to create an app which allows users to see how the opioid crisis has changed over time, at the state level. I created the app using RStudio and shiny, with data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website, which has data on all deaths in the United States. One key limitation of the data is that the CDC will not publish statistics if they could compromise the privacy of the diseased, so in cases where there were very few opioid overdoses in a state in a year, the data is withheld. For this reason, the “All Opioids” category of overdoses provides the most complete picture of the crisis, while selecting other individual types will provide more expunged data points.