$ 0 0 USAToday.com/Liz Szabo ♦ Doctors Told to Avoid Prescribing Opiates for Chronic Pain. CDC Issues New Guidelines for Opiate Prescribing to Reduce Abuse Overdoses. Highly Addictive OxyContin Among Those Targeted: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/03/15/cdc-issues-new-guidelines-opiate-prescribing-reduce-abuse-overdoses/81809704/