Health and Human Services: Preventing the Misuse of Opioids Keeping IT Brief

Every day in the United States, thousands of legitimate prescriptions for the opioid class of pharmaceuticals are written to mitigate acute pain during post-operation recovery, chronic back and neck pain, and a host of other cases where patients experience moderate-to-severe discomfort. While many of these drugs provide pain relief, the potential for misuse and outright abuse due to their addictive nature is extremely high.Since the 1990s, opioid abuse in the U.S. skyrocketed to the point tha...