Wendy Van Buren

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Opioid epidemic may have cost US governments $37.8 billion in tax revenue

May 8, 2019

Science News, Source: Penn State Date: April 11, 2019 Wendy: This article looks at the impact of the opiod crisis in terms of human capital. Opiods and related drug use of course has a powerful and fully destructive impact on individuals, families, communities, states and the nation in human terms but losing so many that could […]

January 23, 2018

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Doctors Play A Role In The Opioid Addiction Epidemic, Study Finds A quarter of patients given a short-term prescription for painkillers transitioned to long-term use. Joe SatranStaff Writer, The Huffington Post Posted: 09/04/2015 06:22 PM EDT | Edited: 09/04/2015 06:25 PM EDT We know how opioid addictions end: all too often, in death by overdose. […]