Medical Students Say Their Opioid Experiences Will Shape How They Prescribe

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November 26, 2019- Opioids took away his anxiety, his inhibitions, his depression. And they were easy to get.

“I just started breaking into houses,” Braun says. “I found it amazing how trusting people were in leaving windows open and doors unlocked, and I found a lot of prescriptions.”

Vicodin, OxyContin, tramadol. The drugs were everywhere. At the time, more than a decade ago, doctors and dentists were writing lots of prescriptions — even to Braun.

“I didn’t need 20 Vicodin when I got my wisdom teeth out,” he says. “So I just saved them.”

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