Chronic pain is one of the most common and least discussed entry points into substance-related harm in the United States. Long before heroin or illicitly manufactured fentanyl appear in a person’s life, many people are simply trying to endure severe, persistent physical pain. Opioids have long been central to that effort. They are not a […]
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