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Is the opioid crisis better or worse than the numbers show?
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In the midst of the opioid epidemic, some citizens and professionals within the industry question the validity of current opioid statistics. “I don’t really think the numbers are adding up here,” Lansing local and current opioid user Savannah Berthiaume, 19, said. “It sure seems like any local politician can open their mouth and say some numbers about opioids to scare people. I think a lot of these claims are just an attempt to further demonize medicine.”
Doubt lingers over several heads throughout those in the opioid industry. Dr. Sherry Yafai, a classically trained emergency department physician, offers some advice on one element of potential confusion with the terminology.
