At a Glance

Winning the War on Opioids

opioid battleStates can play a major role in the over-prescribing of opioid painkillers, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Among other measures, states can tighten control over pain clinics prescribing the drugs and bolster prescription drug monitoring programs that track painkiller prescriptions. The graphic above shows how those actions across three states reduced overdose deaths and the percentage of patients “doctor shopping” for multiple prescriptions.

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