Nonmedical opioid users were more likely to say they began abusing opioids after friends and family members offered them the drugs, not after their doctor prescribed them painkillers, according to researchers.
Penn State researchers Christian Connell, Glenn Sterner, Mary Shenk, Stephanie Lanza, Max Crowley, Michael Donovan, Ericka Weathers, Maithreyi Gopalan, and Evan Bradley met with U.S. Representative Glenn Thompson, center, during the COSSA Social Science Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C.
