title: Readers weigh in on opioid epidemic.
abstract: Patients who are addicted to opioids are no more difficult to treat than patients with diabetes, yet we, as family physicians, often fail to fulfill our basic duty to respond to their illness.
authors.affiliation: Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006300:Health Services Misuse; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid