Physicians Are a Leading Source of Prescription Opioids for the Highest-risk Users

by Gary Kopycinski on March 4, 2014

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Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2014. Most people who abuse prescription opioid drugs get them for free from a friend or relative – but those at highest risk of overdose are as likely to get them from a doctor’s prescription, CDC researchers reported today in a research letter, “Sources of Prescription Opioid Pain Relievers by Frequency of Past-Year Nonmedical Use: United States, 2008-2011,” in the…