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Injured Workers Have High Odds of Opioid Addiction

31 Oct, 2018 WorkersCompensation.com

Sacramento, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) – A new study, Factors Associated With Persistent Opioid Use Among Injured Workers’ Compensation Claimants, published online in the journal JAMA Network Open. says that many injured workers turn to opioid painkillers for relief, […]

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