The current problem -- The history of opioids -- Early regulation and treatment -- The background and characteristics of prescription opioid users -- Characteristics of abuse and dependence -- How opioids are abused -- Opioid pharmacology and the individual opioids -- The oxycontin story -- Twelve step programs for opioid abuse -- Treatment of prescription opioid addiction.
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