Glacier Media highlighted a study published in the British Medical Journal that looked at the link between long-term prescription opioid treatment for non-cancer pain and the initiation of injection drug use among individuals without a history of substance use. Senior author Dr. Roy Purssell, a professor in UBC’s department of emergency medicine, was quoted.
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