Pang, Min-Seok; Atasoy, Hilal; Kohli, Rajiv - 2021
An unintended consequence of prescription opioid to alleviate chronic pain, such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, is that it has fueled an unprecedented epidemic of drug overuse across the U.S. Tens of thousands of people have died from opioid overdose every year since the 2000s, and many of them...