Stop it before it starts: Five strategies to prevent opioid addiction

Published June 7, 2018
Pharmacist looking at pill bottles

Every day, more than 100 people die from opioid overdoses in the United States. Millions more are addicted or at risk. Preventing addiction before it starts can help slow what government agencies and doctors say is nothing short of an epidemic. Here are five strategies Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) companies have embraced to prevent addiction before it starts.

 

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Learn more about how we’re working to fight the opioid epidemic in your community.

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