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A flawed counter-opioid strategy

By Kelly Sloan
Published July 10, 2021 10:00am ET
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A flawed counter-opioid strategy
Doctors may feel pressure to prescribe opioids because it may lead to a better score on a patient satisfaction survey, experts said. (AP Photo) | Toby Talbot

Concerning the opioid crisis, three points are central:

1.) The crisis persists.

2.) The crisis has been evolving for some time now.

3.) Our approach to dealing with the crisis has not evolved sufficiently.

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