The DEA banned a drug some opioid users called a miracle
Summary
Federal researchers developed a promising new compound to help manage pain as the opioid crisis evolved. Scientists published findings in a scientific journal detailing how these newly discovered substances could offer relief without the dangers associated with traditional prescription drugs.
In 2012, as the driver of deaths in the opioid crisis began moving from prescription pills to heroin, Laura Bohn was tasked with finding safer drugs to manage pain. Funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, in 2017 she and other scientists revealed in the science journal Cell that several compounds—including a particularly promising one called SR-17018—could relieve pain…
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