Injured workers and narcotic use: some surprising findings
In terms of climate, geography, accents and politics, New York and Louisiana are very dissimilar, but they do have this in common: the amount of narcotics used by an average injured worker in each state is about double the amount of other states.
The figure comes from a new study, Interstate Variations in Use of Narcotics 2nd Edition, which examined interstate variations and trends in the use of narcotics and prescribing patterns of pain medications in the workers’ compensation system across 25 states.