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Sixty percent of the opioids that are abused in the U.S. are obtained through a physician's prescription. Changes in philosophy about pain treatment, trends in attitudes toward suffering, and financial disincentives for treating addiction contribute to this problem.
Anna Lembke (2012) studied this question.
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