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Papers: 4 May 2019 - 10 May 2019

PAIN TYPE:
Migraine/Headache


2019 May 01


Curr Pain Headache Rep


23


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Government Legislation in Response to the Opioid Epidemic.

Authors

Jones MR, Novitch MB, Sarrafpour S, Ehrhardt KP, Scott BB, Orhurhu V, Viswanath O, Kaye AD, Gill J, Simopoulos TT
Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2019 May 01; 23(6):40.
PMID: 31044343.

Abstract

Opioid misuse and abuse in the USA has evolved into an epidemic of tragic pain and suffering, resulting in the estimated death of over 64,000 people in 2016. Governmental regulation has escalated alongside growing awareness of the epidemic's severity, both on the state and federal levels.