Effective Alternatives to Opioids

An estimated 11% of adults experience daily pain, and many are prescribed opioids to treat their conditions. However, the dangers of prescription misuse, opioid use disorder, and overdose have been a growing problem throughout the United States. More than 11.5 million Americans, aged 12 or older, reported misusing prescription opioids in 2016. Opioids were involved in 42,249 overdose deaths …read more… http://speakersnetwork.com/forms/OpioidsAlternatives.pdf

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