Opioid and heroin crisis triggered by doctors overprescribing painkillers
Wednesday, February 4, 2015 - 23:00
in Health & Medicine
Researchers say policymakers must look beyond painkiller abuse in their efforts to reduce opioid overdose deaths. New research reframes the heroin and prescription drug abuse problem as a wave of opioid addiction caused by overprescribing of painkillers by doctors.