investments that had been previously made to mitigate prescription drug misuse and/or addiction.
These are just a couple of efforts that will be implemented by the pharmaceutical chain to address the consequences of the opioid epidemic in the country. The pharmacy will also be expanding their prescription collection program throughout the country and adding thousands of new locations and kiosks for disposal.
Aiming to raise awareness, CVS is going to be boosting counseling sessions between patients and pharmacists as well as expanding their commitments to prevention and public education on the dangers of opioids.
These efforts in addition to the newly announced opioid limitations may be critical in curbing the national opioid crisis, considering that the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration recently announced that most people who have misused opioids in the U.S. last year used a prescription opioid painkiller rather than heroin — 11.5 million in contrast to 948,000, respectively.
Author: Livia Areas-Holmblad
Livia Holmblad is an editor at Addiction Now and covers breaking news, features and everything in between. She moved to SoCal after living in NYC for about 10 years, where she worked for VICE and SinoVision as a writer, editor, host, producer, and director. Born and raised in Rio de Janeiro. Contact Livia at liviah@addictionnow.com
