Ensuring Evidence-Based Treatment for Substance Use Disorders

• By: Joseph Hullet, MD Dona M. Dmitrovic Optum
• July 1st, 2015
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The use of heroin, other opiates, and inappropriate prescription drugs are currently a major public health problem in this country. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), national death rates from prescription opioid pain reliever overdoses quadrupled during 1999 to...