Opioid epidemic’s impact on pharmacy sector

August 15, 2017 by Shannon Cox, Stephen Cummings and Chain Drug Review controlled substance diversion and abuse, Controlled Substances Act, King & Spalding, pain medication abuse, pharmacy industry, prescription drug abuse, Shannon Cox, Stephen Cummings Opinion

The United States is battling what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has labeled an epidemic of prescription drug abuse. According to CDC data, drug overdose deaths more than doubled between 2002 and 2015 (the latest year for which information is available). In 2015, drug overdose deaths exceeded 50,000 — which is more