Prescription Opioid Usage and Abuse Relationships: An Evaluation of State Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Efficacy
Context The dramatic rise in the use of prescription opioids to treat non-cancer pain has been paralleled by increasing prescription opioid abuse. However, detailed analyses of these trends and programs to address them are lacking. Objective To study the association between state shipments of prescr...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2009-01-01
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Series: | Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.4137/SART.S2345 |