Mary Bassett’s Opioid Addiction Warning

Monday, August 7, 2017 - 11:12 in Health & Medicine

Speaking at The New York Times’s Cities for Tomorrow conference, New York City Health and Mental Hygiene Commissioner Mary T. Bassett dismissed as “a myth” the belief that opioids could be safely used for prolonged periods of time without high risk of addiction.

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