| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | International
UK. 'Growing problem' of addiction to prescription drugs probed
UK. 'Growing problem' of addiction to prescription drugs probed
Public Health England is launching a review into the "growing problem" of prescription drug addiction.
NHS data suggest one in every 11 patients in England is being prescribed medication that could be addictive, or difficult to come off.
This includes sedatives, painkillers and antidepressants.
PHE wants to avoid a situation like the one in the US, where there's been a massive increase in addiction to opioids. (BBC, 24.01.2018)