Your best-practice guide to navigating the legal and clinical issues of prescribing narcotics This indispensable, ready-to-use reference puts today"s challenges of narcotic prescribing into sharp focus. Prescription Drug Abuse and Diversion thoroughly reviews the clinical use of opioids and other addictive narcotics; the assessment of legitimate versus illegitimate prescription seekers; and the often-overwhelming maze of laws and regulations covering fraudulent prescription-seeking and dispensing.