The pdf described why consumption and overdoses went up after 2011 when the government took steps to restrict the supply of prescription opioids. The price of

The pdf described why consumption and overdoses went up after 2011 when the government took steps to restrict the supply of prescription opioids. The price of illicit opioids was decreasing at the same time the cost of prescription opioids was increasing. Illicit opioids are a substitution product for prescription opioids for many consumers, so they adjusted their consumption to a more dangerous but cheaper product to fit budgetary constraints.