The Ongoing Opioid Prescription Epidemic: Historical Context

The Ongoing Opioid Prescription Epidemic: Historical Context Affiliation Marcia L. Meldrum PhDMarcia L. Meldrum is with the Center for Social Medicine and the Humanities, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California Los Angeles.CopyRightCorrespondence should be sent to Marcia Meldrum, B7-437 Semel, Box #62, 760 Westwood Plaza, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1759. (e-mail: [email protected]ucla.edu). Reprints can be ordered at http://www.ajph.org by clicking the "Reprints" link.Note. Additional references are available in the Appendix, available as a supplement to the online version of this article at http://www.ajph.org. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2016.303297 Accepted: May 31, 2016 Published Online: July 11, 2016