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Variation. they believe some of it may have to do with access to resources, opioid prescription rates tend to be higher in areas where people are -- have higher rates of not being insured or higher rates of unemployment. people who live in smaller towns, they say, may have less access to physical therapy or other alternative forms of pain management. so they have to rely on the meds. the cdc also found that prescription practices are so inconsistent that some counties are prescribing opioids at ...