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. 2017 May 1;95(5):318-319.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.17.020517.

Curbing prescription opioid dependency

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Curbing prescription opioid dependency

No authors listed. Bull World Health Organ. .

Abstract

An epidemic of overdoses and deaths from opioids is fuelled by increased prescribing and sales in North America. Tatum Anderson reports.

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