A new study from the University of Michigan and Dartmouth University found that the longer an immigrant lives in the United States, the more likely they are to use prescription opioids. Comparatively, U.S.-born residents were more than five times likely to use prescription opioids than new immigrants. Researchers said the studys findings shed light on an American culture that promotes opioid use. Davis, along with Brian Sites from Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, suspects the adoption of American culture likely influences the dynamic between health care professionals and immigrant patients. For more information on the relationship between immigrants likelihood to use prescription opioids and the amount of years theyve lived in the U.S., read the studys complete findings here.