Physicians: The Modern Day Drug Dealers

26,000 physicians across the United States fuel the country’s opioid crisis

Overprescribing by 50%

The US is projected to have 700,000 opioid deaths by 2025. Doctors are misprespcribing pain killers because of the subjectivity of current pain assessments.

Pain is the focal reason people enter the healthcare system. It’s also a private, subjective experience that’s difficult to communicate. Doctors have primarily assessed pain by asking patients to…