| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | international
Do people stigmatize individuals with opioid use disorder even when their addiction arose from opioids prescribed for pain?
Do people stigmatize individuals with opioid use disorder even when their addiction arose from opioids prescribed for pain?
There is growing public awareness around the problem of opioid use disorder and greater knowledge of the role that opioids prescribed for pain management initially played in the opioid overdose crisis. Studies examining public attitudes specific to opioid use disorder associated with the initial medical use of opioids can help to inform public health policy and messaging. The authors of this study explored societal perceptions of individuals who developed opioid use disorder following physician-prescribed opioids for pain. (Recovery Research Institute, USA, 2021)