Poland is among the countries where the scale of opioid abuse is the smallest, but that doesn't mean the problem doesn't exist. During Thursday's meeting of the Health Committee, deputies reviewed the ministry's information on the subject. Which drugs are of greatest concern?
The buzzword in recent weeks has been fentanyl, but it appears that the number of prescriptions written for the drug is dropping (the problem, experts say, may be that it is available not at all from a legal marketing source, as it can be easily manufactured underground, and is also smuggled in from other countries, primarily China). Right now, the number of prescriptions for oxycodone, another highly addictive drug that was responsible for one of the most serious waves of the opioid crisis in the US, is on the rise. As of 2019, the number of prescriptions issued for oxycodone ha...
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