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The real answer is long, complicated, and not measurable in this one-dimensional way
Jul 02, 2024
![A photo of an out of focus man wearing an eye patch sitting next to a pain-rating scale attached to the wall.](http://assets.medpagetoday.net/media/images/110xxx/110926.jpg)
![A photo of the Purdue Pharma logo on the side of a building in Wilson, North Carolina.](http://assets.medpagetoday.net/media/images/110xxx/110882.jpg)
In a 5-4 decision, justices blocked an agreement with victims and state and local governments
Jun 27, 2024
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Arkansas AG says Express Scripts, Optum, and their subsidiaries benefited from the opioid crisis
Jun 25, 2024
![A photo of an empty oxycodone prescription bottle lying on the tablets which will fill it.](http://assets.medpagetoday.net/media/images/110xxx/110807.jpg)
![A photo of a vial of medetomidine over an out of focus photo of a veterinary operating room.](http://assets.medpagetoday.net/media/images/110xxx/110777.jpg)
"You can't just assume that somebody's going to get care elsewhere," one pediatrician noted
May 17, 2024
![A photo of counterfeit fentanyl pills seized by the Drug Enforcement Agency.](http://assets.medpagetoday.net/media/images/110xxx/110186.jpg)
Opinion
Despite being a doctor, I learned too late that substance use disorder is a treatable disease
May 07, 2024
![A photo of James Baker, MD, MPH](http://assets.medpagetoday.net/media/images/110xxx/110001.jpg)
Opinion
How local jails ignore medical guidelines and contribute to the overdose crisis
Apr 09, 2024
![A photo of the common area of a cell pod in a county jail.](http://assets.medpagetoday.net/media/images/109xxx/109589.jpg)
Tennessee nurse practitioner promoted his practice with the motto "work hard, play harder"
Mar 20, 2024
![A photo of Benjamin C. Glassman speaking beside members of Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid Strike Force](http://assets.medpagetoday.net/media/images/109xxx/109265.jpg)
Agency's 2016 guidance may have contributed to reduced access to opioids, and more pain
Mar 11, 2024
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