TACKLING PRESCRIPTION drug abuse will hardly make a dent in America's ongoing opioid crisis in the coming years, a new study suggests.
"People who start using prescription opioids, at some point, may transition to the next stage, (and) as the supply-side shifts happen, we see increased availability of illicit opioids," says Jagpreet Chhatwal, an assistant professor at ...
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