Could Product That Helps Customers Dispose Of Unused Opioids Help Curb Crisis? Walmart Thinks So.

The company will distribute the powder product — which turns into a gel that fuses the unused pill together inside the prescription bottle — to costumers filling opioid prescriptions. In other news on the epidemic: Republicans say Medicaid expansion is fueling the crisis, but Democrats say that has no basis in facts; a study suggests a counterintuitive way to get patients off painkillers faster; and more.

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