Taking the Fun Out of Popping Pills

This is from the New York Times:

In a 2008 federal survey, an estimated 4.7 million Americans were found to have used prescription pain relievers for nonmedical reasons in the previous month. The abuse of opioids now costs at least $11 billion annually in excess medical care including overdoses by adults and accidental ingestion by children.

[One possible answer:] Scientists are making opioids that should be harder to abuse.

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