Tag: Opioid abuse

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    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.

    4 minutes
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    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.

    12 minutes
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    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.

    4 minutes