Tag: Opioid abuse
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Nation & World
First-time opioid prescriptions drop by 50 percent
Based on a Harvard study, the monthly rate of first-time opioid prescriptions dropped by more than half between 2012 and 2017. A new concern now is whether some patients are getting less-than-adequate treatment for their pain.
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Nation & World
Heroin’s descent
A report on the science of getting hooked on heroin, one in a three-part series examining addiction and new ideas for combatting it.
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Nation & World
Confronting the creep of opioid abuse
Specialists in care and policy came together at the Harvard Chan School to trade ideas on combating opioid abuse.