Minority patients use fewer opioids, researchers say, and a 2016 study found that black patients are significantly less likely to receive opioids when they visit an emergency room for non-definitive abdominal or back pain.

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Minority patients use fewer opioids, researchers say, and a 2016 study found that black patients are significantly less likely to receive opioids when they visit an emergency room for non-definitive abdominal or back pain.
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