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Report: Physicians Cut Back on Kansas Opioid Pill Prescriptions

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Monday, May 7th, 2018, by Kansas News Service

Physicians in Kansas last year wrote enough opioid prescriptions to give a 14-day supply to eight out of every 10 people. Celia Llopis-Jepsen of the Kansas News Service reports that’s fewer pills than the year before.

 

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