Drug Crime Is a Source of Abused Pain Medications in the U.S.
Drug Crime Is a Source of Abused Pain Medications in the U.S. (full text) D.E. Joranson and A.M. Gilson, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 30(4): 299-301, 2005.
“[Theft] is an important source of prescription opioids diverted into the illicit market… If we accept uncritically that drug diversion stems only from prescriptions, we risk distorting our view of the medical profession and patients… which further weakens physicians’ desire to treat pain and worsens patient access to pain care.”
See also: Commentary on: ‘Drug Crime Is a Source of Abused Pain Medications in the United States’ - Stephen Passik, EmergingSolutionsInPain.com, 2005
Trends in Medical Use and Abuse of Sustained-Release Opioid Analgesics: A Revisit - Novak et al.; Pain Medicine; 5(1); page 59; 2004
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Tags: chilling effect, diversion, fraud / theft, prescription drug abuse, public health, statistics
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