Pain Management and the Opioid Epidemic- Balancing Societal and Individual Benefits and Risks of Prescription Opioid Use-Summ

Course overview

This course examines the opioid epidemic and the measures that have been taken to decrease OUD. It includes: the charge of the current study, the study approach, definitions and terminology, study context, study scope and emphasis on report organization, the history of opioids, the Controlled Substances Act, liberalization and prescribing in the 1990's, public health consequences, policy responses, international context, statutory context, and recent federal policy initiatives.