| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | Legal
USA. A drug company tried to make opioids harder to abuse. It backfired.
Amid broad efforts to help people avoid prescription-opioid addiction, some pharmaceutical companies are taking an intriguing approach: making prescription opioids that can’t be misused. Although the tactic may at first blush seem a miracle cure, it has a decidedly mixed record of success. (Washington Post Wonkblog, 10.07.2017)