Opioid addiction is the biggest drug epidemic in U.S. history. How'd we get here? | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Opioid addiction is the biggest drug epidemic in U.S. history. How'd we get here? | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Audiovisual
 
• Published September 2017

Opioid addiction is the biggest drug epidemic in U.S. history. How'd we get here?

William Brangham. PBS News Hour. September 29, 2017.

The current opioid epidemic is a critical patient safety priority. The news video reports on factors that led to the increasing use of prescription opioids and serves as a prologue for a series of broadcasts looking at various facets of the problem and strategies for improvement.

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