Opioid addiction increases likelihood of death tenfold in general healthcare settings

(University of California - Los Angeles) People who are addicted to opioids and receiving their medical care in a general health care setting were more than 10 times as likely to die during a four-year period than people without substance abuse problems, UCLA researchers have found.

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