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...