It’s no secret that the US is in the midst of an opioid crisis. Addiction statistics and overdose rates have climbed so high that they’re actually beginning to affect overall life expectancy for US citizens, leaving health officials scrambling to manage the huge number of opioid prescriptions that are handed out from coast to coast.
Now, in what might be the start of a trend, two doctors in separate cases are facing real consequences for handing out prescription opioids to people who definitely shouldn’t have had access to them.
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Doctors are now facing prison time and huge fines for illegal opioid prescriptions originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 12 Dec 2018 at 13:40:44 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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