About 8% to 12% of people prescribed opioids long term will become addicted to them.
The US prescribes far more opioids than any other developed nation.
These two combine and there are a bunch of people without addiction, but with spare pills. Those pills have a market value, and so they get sold. Or relatives of the patient find the pills and take them.
The US prescribes far more opioids than any other developed nation.
These two combine and there are a bunch of people without addiction, but with spare pills. Those pills have a market value, and so they get sold. Or relatives of the patient find the pills and take them.