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Prescription opioid abuse

What is the real problem and how do we fix it?

M.E. Lynch and Benedikt Fischer
Canadian Family Physician November 2011, 57 (11) 1241-1242;
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vol. 57 no. 11 1241-1242
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22084451

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The College of Family Physicians of Canada
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0008-350X
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1715-5258
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  • Published online November 14, 2011.

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  1. M.E. Lynch, MD FRCPC⇓
  1. Professor of Anesthesiology, Psychiatry, and Pharmacology at Dalhousie University in Halifax, NS; Director of Research in the Pain Management Unit at QEII Health Sciences Centre in Halifax; and Past President of the Canadian Pain Society
  1. Correspondence: Dr Mary Lynch, Pain Management Unit, QEII Health Sciences Centre, 4th Floor, Dickson Bldg, 5820 University Ave, Halifax, NS B3H 1V7; e-mail mary.lynch{at}dal.ca
  1. Benedikt Fischer, PhD
  1. Professor at the Centre for Applied Research in Mental Health and Addictions of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, BC, and Senior Scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, Ont

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