Better-Educated Clinicians Can Decrease Opioid Misuse, Study Finds

As government officials brainstorm ways to curb the country's growing opioid epidemic, one Boston-based program combats misuse, abuse and overdose by educating clinicians on how to safely prescribe painkillers to patients. Opioid-related overdose deaths have increased in the United States, according to numbers provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). There [...]