Variation in adult outpatient opioid prescription dispensing by age and sex - United States, 2008-2018 - Schieber LZ, Guy GP, Seth P, Losby JL.

In 2017, prescription opioids were involved in 36% of opioid-involved overdose deaths in the United States (1). Prescription opioids can be obtained by prescription or through diversion (the channeling of regulated drugs from legal to illegal sources) (2)....
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news