The Prescription Opioid Epidemic: Crisis and Opportunity

7/11/2016; 59 minutes

Americans constitute 4.6% of the world's population and consume 80% of the world's opioids and 99% of the world's hydrocodone. There are five times more Americans with opioid substance use disorder than addicted to heroin. How did we get here and what can we do about it? Recorded on 03/17/2016. (#30801)

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