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    The Increased Stigmatization of Individuals With Chronic Pain Since the Inception of the Opioid Epidemic

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    In 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new guidelines for the prescribing of opioids in an effort to reduce opioid addiction rates and overdose deaths. The impact of these guidelines has been significant on the chronic pain community. In some states, the guidelines are...
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