Opioid-Related Harms: Simplistic Solutions to the Crisis Ineffective and Cause Collateral Damage
The narrative of the opioid crisis is that ill-informed and careless prescribing by physicians has led to increases in opioid-related harms including overdose deaths. Focusing on reducing the access to prescribed opioids without treating substance use disorder has led to increases in use of heroin a...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2018-11-01
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Series: | Health Services Insights |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1178632918813321 |