Workers' Comp
Claims Magazine: 8 Strategies for Combating Opioid Addiction
August 4, 2019
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When employees injure themselves at work, a potentially lethal risk may ensue; they may be prescribed and become addicted to an opioid painkiller. As we know, the United States is currently experiencing an opioid epidemic 130 people dying every day from opioid overdoses. And in many cases, the addiction began with a work-related injury.