To improve the odds of injured workers recovering from injuries without opioids, employers have tools and strategies at their disposal.

While opioid medications have taken Public Enemy No. 1 status in the last few years, they do have their place. Opiates make sense for patients with cancer-related pain, traumatic injuries like burns and amputations, invasive surgeries and certain other conditions. That said, an enormous spectrum of conditions are still being unnecessarily treated with…