Nearly a quarter of people on long-acting opioids develop addiction

By Sam Hornblower, Bloomberg News
More than one in five people prescribed extended-release painkillers such as OxyContin developed an addiction within a year, according to a newly released study mandated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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