Background—Athletes with injury-related pain, especially National Football League (NFL) players, are at increased risk for opioid use and misuse which may result in medical, psychiatric and social problems. This is…
Keyword: opioid misuse
Medical Cannabis Laws and Opioid Analgesic Overdose Mortality in the United States, 1999-2010
Opioid analgesic overdose mortality continues to rise in the United States, driven by increases in prescribing for chronic pain. Because chronic pain is a major indication for medical cannabis, laws that…