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Treating opioid misuse with mindfulness therapy could save thousands of dollars, new study says

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A mindfulness treatment created at the University of Utah in recent years has proved to be effective at decreasing opioid misuse. Now, a new economic study found it could also save hundreds of thousands of dollars per patient.

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