State Law Pushes Doctors To Taper Most Patients' Opioid Doses - NPR

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4 days ago - A year ago, Maine was one of the first states to set limits on opioid prescriptions. The goal in capping the dose of prescription painkillers a patient could get was to stem the flow of opioids that are fueling a nationwide epidemic of abuse.