(NPR) Doctors And Dentists Still Flooding U.S. With Opioid Prescriptions

Doctors And Dentists Still Flooding U.S. With Opioid Prescriptions








The shadow of Sen. Lindsey Graham is cast on a photograph of heroin and Fentanyl during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in 2018. Officials across the country have trying to stem the opioid crisis over the past decade.



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Doctors And Dentists Still Flooding U.S. With Opioid Prescriptions






Forty Americans die every day from overdoses linked to prescription opioids, but researchers say many doctors and dentists still have a "prescribe and forget" attitude toward the medications.