High rates of opioid prescriptions may be linked to poor labor force participation

(University of Tennessee at Knoxville) Prescription opioids may be negatively affecting labor force participation and unemployment nationwide, according to findings in a new study co-authored by economists at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and published in The Journal of Human Resources.

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