TO THE EDITOR: We read with interest the article by Blanco et al.(1), titled,“Pain as a
Predictor of Opioid Use Disorder in a Nationally Representative Sample,” published in the …

TO THE EDITOR: We read with interest the article by Blanco et al.(1), titled,“Pain as a
Predictor of Opioid Use Disorder in a Nationally Representative Sample,” published in the …

TO THE EDITOR: The article by Olfson et al., titled “Cannabis Use and Risk of Prescription
Opioid Use Disorder in the United States”(1), published in the January 2018 issue of the …

TO THE EDITOR: The editorial by O'Brien, et al. argues that classification of substance use
disorders should use the term “addiction” instead of “dependence,” which involves normal …

Hasin et al. describe a timely and important study in this issue (1), one that was mandated as
part of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) postmarketing studies of …

To the Editor In an editorial lamenting the US opioid epidemic, Madras1 focuses on the
following solutions: implementing opioid guidelines, screening patients for substance use …

TO THE EDITOR: I disagree with the global condemnation of the use of chronic high-dosage
opiates for treating pain patients expressed by Jon Streltzer, MD, and Luther Johansen, MD …

To the Editor In an editorial lamenting the US opioid epidemic, Madras1 focuses on the
following solutions: implementing opioid guidelines, screening patients for substance use …

To the Editor In an article in JAMA Psychiatry, Sigmon and colleagues1 concluded that their
findings “suggest that a meaningfulsubsetof [prescriptionopioid]–dependentoutpatientsmay …

Opioids are commonly prescribed for chronic pain. In the United States, opioid prescribing
increased 4-fold in the early 2000s, accompanied by increases in opioid-related overdose …