First-In-The-Nation Plan Would Taper Oregon’s Chronic Pain Patients’ Opioid Prescriptions Down To Zero

Officials say it's reducing the patients' exposure to harmful overprescribing practices, but critics warn that it will cause people to seek out opioids by any means necessary. In other news on the epidemic: the dangers of postpartum for women who have been addicted to opioids; a look at grieving families on the front lines of the crisis; how the issue could be a winning topic for Democrats; and more.

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