Background Information: Opioid overdose deaths have been increasing in the past twenty years. The national number of overdose deaths from any opioid has increased 62.5% from 2019 to 2021 (from 48,000 to 81,400 annual deaths), which includes prescription opioids (natural and semi-synthetic opioids and methadone), heroin, and synthetic opioids other than methadone including fentanyl (1). Opioid ... Read more

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