Study predicts worsening of overdose crisis, limits of focusing on prescription opioids

(Massachusetts General Hospital) A study from investigators at the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Technology Assessment projects that the opioid overdose epidemic in the US is likely to increase in coming years, and that measures based on restricting access to prescription opioids will have a minimal impact in reducing overdose deaths.

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