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New opioid labels to emphasize overdose risk

The Food and Drug Administration will soon require drug manufacturers to put new safety warnings on prescription opioids.

Lev Facher, addiction reporter at STAT, joins us to discuss the new safety labels, which will emphasize the risk of overdose and death when taking drugs like OxyContin.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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