Efforts to crack down on prescription opioid abuse must not obstruct access for those in pain,
urged experts at the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) General Council in Halifax on …

The Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) is committed to curbing practices that
have led to the opioid abuse crisis. That crisis is largely due to a spike in opioid overdose …

PHYSICIANS WHO TREAT PATIENTS with pain often find themselves in a difficult balancing
act as they strive to offer appropriate relief while safeguarding against inappropriate use of …

MacDonald and colleagues suggest that physicians are reluctant to prescribe opioids
because of fears about addiction. 1 Evidence suggests otherwise. Canada and the United …

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, INCLUDING AMPHETAMINES, OPI-oids, and benzodiazepines,
provide therapeutic value to millions of Americans. At the same time, there are increasing …

The first few months of 2010 marked a dramatic turn in Florida's efforts to curb rampant “pill
mills,” clinics that inappropriately prescribe large quantities of opioidsfornonmedicalreasons …

Friesen and colleagues1 have provided invaluable insight into unsafe opioid prescribing in
Canada over a time when we have seen unprecedented increases in prescriptions for …

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Abstract The United States is in the midst of a devastating opioid misuse epidemic leading to
over 33,000 deaths per year from both prescription and illegal opioids. Roughly half of these …

Federal health authorities say that prescription painkiller abuse is a rapidly growing problem
at epidemic levels in the United States, with more than 16,000 annual opioid overdose …