Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs and Other Interventions to Combat Prescription Opioid Abuse
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published significant data and trendsrelated to opioid prescription pain relievers (OPR). In 2008, 20,044 deaths were attributedto prescription drug overdose of which 14,800 (73.8%) were due to OPR, an amount greaterthan the number of overdose...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2012-12-01
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| Series: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://escholarship.org/uc/item/4zz8q955 |