Opioid abuse up during pandemic, expert tells Utah County
Public health professor cites the stress of COVID-19 and the pandemic making support inaccessible as contributing factors.
(Patrick Sison | The Associated Press) This 2017 photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York. One of the many negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Utah has been an increase in opioid abuse, according to a health expert.