“…[1][2][3] Because of its increasing popularity, this collaboration now extends to the Annals Residents' Perspective series. 4 In this installment, we feature the 2014 article by Poon and Greenwood-Ericksen, "The Opioid Prescription Epidemic and the Role of Emergency Medicine." 5 Opioid misuse and addiction are increasing and serious problems in the United States, with associated fatalities increasing 4-fold between 1999 and 2010 and approximately 100 daily deaths from prescription opioids.…”