Reducing the opioid overdose death toll in North America.
expert_opinion · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 30063698.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002626 and PMC identifier 6067703.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
In this Perspective, Wayne D. Hall & Michael Farrell discuss the current need for alternative strategies in the rising opioid crisis in the US and the necessity to fund evidence-based treatment initiatives to reduce the death toll.
Medical subject headings
- Criminals
- Drug Overdose