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How blockchain can combat the opioid epidemic

Tatsiana Levdikova, content marketer at OpenLedger ApS, a blockchain development company, writes about the opioid epidemic in the US and if blockchain is the answer.

How blockchain can combat the opioid epidemic
Published: | 3 min read

Tatsiana Levdikova, content marketer at OpenLedger ApS, a blockchain development company, writes about the opioid epidemic in the US and if blockchain is the answer. 

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At great cost to human life, opioid abuse has become a major problem in the United States and is serious enough to be considered an epidemic by the government. With almost 50k deaths in 2017 and millions of people abusing opioid prescriptions, this is a major problem without an easy solution.

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