WCRI Offering Free Seminar on Opioid Trends

The Workers' Compensation Research Institute is sponsoring a free seminar on Oct. 20 to discuss two studies on opioid use released earlier this year. WCRI said researchers Dongchun Wang and Venella Thumula will present findings from Interstate Variations in Use of Opioids, 3rd Edition, and Longer-Term Use of Opioids, 3rd Edition, during the one-hour seminar. The first study examined interstate variations and trends in the use of opioids in 25 state workers' compensation systems. The second examined the prevalence of longer-term use of opioids in 25 states and how services recommended...