A study of over 150,000 ER visits in rural and urban areas has found that while the prescription of narcotics has increased from 23% in 1993 to 37% in 2005, doctors are more likely to prescribe oxycodone or morphine to whites than to non-whites.
Factors contributory are suspected substance abuse liability in Blacks and Hispanics and possibly that minorities may "be less likely to keep complaining about their pain or "feel they deserve good pain control".
One statement I did not quite understand is that "Blacks are the least likely group to abuse prescription drugs." Linda Simoni-Wastila of the University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Pharmacy further states that "Hispanics are becoming as likely as whites to abuse prescription opioids and stimulants". I don't think I could accept this as a blank statement without hard fact or explanations.
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