As the U.S. Surgeon General’s recent report on addiction highlights, the United States faces a serious opioid epidemic that shows no signs of abating.1 In 2015, more than 13 million Americans reported nonmedical use of opioids in the previous year, and about 2.5 million of those people have an opioid
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Two osteopathic addiction specialists explain how primary care physicians can help combat the opioid epidemic. By KATE SAMANO MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 Addiction specialists say colleagues in primary care receive little education to prepare them to care for patients with substance use disorders, which are life-long health conditions. Michael Levy,
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