Misquoting of 1980 Letter May Have Contributed to Opioid Crisis

In a very interesting editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine, a 1980 letter on the use of narcotics in hospitals and addiction is implicated as a commonly misquoted source that has supported the widespread prescribing of opioid medications.1 The letter, written by Jane Porter and Hershel Jick, MD2 is included below in its […]