Heads Up: Real News About Drugs and Your Body: Prescription Pain Medications: What You Need to Know

When used as directed by a doctor, powerful prescription pain medications called opioids (pronounced OH-pee-oyds) have helped millions of people cope with serious pain. But when used incorrectly, they can be addictive and deadly.

Publisher: Scholastic & NIDA

Published: 2016 (2 pages)

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