The Opioid Epidemic: Background and Overview
How the Opioid Epidemic Evolved Opioid history:Our understanding of the natural opioid system is relatively new as it wasn’t thoroughly defined until the 1970’s. Yet, the use of opioids far predates our current lifetime. In fact, radiocarbon dating revealed opium poppy was found nearly 12,000 years ago in the settlements of early humans. 8,000-year-old opium … Read more
