Why opioids hit white areas harder: Doctors there prescribe more readily, study finds

Monday, February 11, 2019 - 12:00 in Health & Medicine

Across California, a blessing has become a curse for patients who dwell in overwhelmingly white communities: their ready access to opioid pain relievers. A new study of prescribing practices across all of California’s 1,760 ZIP codes helps explain why opiates, some of medicine’s most addictive...

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