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Co-Director, Opioid Policy Research, Heller School, Brandeis University. Co-Founder of Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing https://t.co/4KKkiIQ51c
May 4, 2019 4 tweets 2 min read
1) According to CDC's most current opioid poisoning death data, for 12 months in a row, opioid deaths didn't rise. This is the first time in 23 years (when crisis began) that opioid deaths didn't increase. 2) Opioid prescribing continues to trend in the right direction- but we have a very long way to go before we get to pre-epidemic levels of opioid consumption.
Dec 14, 2018 12 tweets 3 min read
1) Using the WaPo rating system, I think this STAT op-ed deserves Three Pinocchios: statnews.com/2018/12/06/ove… via @statnews 2) Three Pincocchios means: Significant factual error and/or obvious contradictions. This gets into the realm of “mostly false.” But it could include statements which are technically correct but are so taken out of context as to be very misleading.