Sentences with phrase «opioid abuse nationwide»

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Researchers at the National Institutes of Health want to understand why current dosages of the antidotes are failing in some cases, yet the nationwide law - enforcement crackdown on opioid abuse means they're having a hard time getting permission to get samples of the illegal products they need to study.

Instead, he was asked about how to best combat the nationwide opioid abuse epidemic.

Nationwide, approximately 2 million people abuse or depend on prescription opioid painkillers like OxyContin and morphine.