Study: Laws that limit opioid prescription duration help cut length of use
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That sounds like a tautology. Limiting how long folks can have something means they have it less. But wait....
"In states with laws that initial prescriptions to seven days or fewer, the number of days Medicare beneficiaries were prescribed the drugs fell to 33 days per person per year in 2018 from 44 days in 2013 -- about a 26% reduction, the data showed.
In states without such provisions, the number of days Medicare beneficiaries were prescribed drugs dropped to 33 days per person per year in 2018 from 43 days in 2013, a 23% change."
44 to 33 with the law, 43 to 33 without it. That to me says your law didn't do sh*t, completely contradicting the ridiculous headline.
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