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Opiates vs. Opioids: The Differences and Why They Matter

opiates versus opioidsOver the last 20 years, the opioid crisis in the United States has claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people and devastated the families of countless others. The drugs are highly addictive, and are frequently over-prescribed by physicians for everything from hernias to the pain women face after C-sections.

Some of the finer details involved in the epidemic are getting lost due to the drugs’ phonetic and alphabetic similarity to ...

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