230 The Willingness of Adolescents to Commit to Safe Use, Storage, and Disposal of Prescription Opiates in the Emergency Department

Monitoring the Future report shows that almost 1 out of 10 children has misused a narcotic by 12th grade. Importantly, the leading diversion source is leftover pills from their own previous prescriptions – the majority of which originate in the emergency department. Although decreasing prescriptions has been the primary focus of ED-based interventions and policies, in April 2017 the American Medical Association Task Force to Reduce Opioid Abuse released new official recommendations promoting safe use, storage and disposal of prescription opioids after a prescription is written.

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