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Preventive Medicine Reports, 2019 As the magnitude of the opioid epidemic grew in recent years, individual states across the United States of America enacted myriad policies to address its complications.
Christine C. Whitmore +5 more
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The opioid epidemic among the Latino population in California
Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 2022 Background: The opioid epidemic in the United States has manifested differently across geographic regions and populations, with recent increases among racial/ethnic minorities and in the Western region of the U.S.
Avelardo Valdez +3 more
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Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2020 BackgroundNews media coverage is a powerful influence on public attitude and government action. The digitization of news media covering the current opioid epidemic has changed the landscape of coverage and may have implications for how to effectively ...
Hswen, Yulin +3 more
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Opioid trends in Finland: a register-based nationwide follow-up study
Scientific Reports, 2022 The opioid epidemic in the U.S has gotten payers, prescribers, and policymakers alike interested in trends in opioid use. Despite no recognized opioid crisis in Europe, several countries have reported an increase in opioid-related deaths, which has ...
Jaana Keto +4 more
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Opioid Addiction 2016 Facts & Figures [PDF]
, 2016 National Opioid Overdose Epidemic* Drug overdose is the leading cause of accidental death in the US, with 55,403 lethal drug overdoses in 2015. Opioid addiction is driving this epidemic, with 20,101 overdose deaths related to prescription pain relievers,
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Opioid epidemic continued [PDF]
C&EN Global Enterprise, 2016 The statistics on the U.S.’s opioid epidemic are stark: Since 1999, overdose deaths from heroin and opioid prescription drugs have more than quadrupled, according to the Centers for Disease Control...
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“It's such a terrible drug”: Narratives of fentanyl dealers amid the opioid overdose crisis
Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract The fentanyl‐fueled overdose crisis is historically lethal, yet the voices of those who sell fentanyl remain understudied. While research has focused extensively on people who use drugs (PWUD), the perspectives of people who sell fentanyl (PWSF) are largely absent from academic and policy discussions. This study draws on 87 in‐depth interviews
Brittney M. Schwehr, Sandra M. Bucerius
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Academic Emergency Medicine, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background The US is experiencing an epidemic of opioid misuse and mortality. Effective treatments are available, including medications for opioid use disorders (MOUD), but they are greatly underused due to a variety of barriers. In response, some US hospitals have established programs to identify emergency department (ED) patients with opioid
Dominic Hodgkin +6 more
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Opioid Update, May 31, 2017 [PDF]
, 2017 The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) offers the Opioid Update to share information about opioid use and Iowa’s efforts to address the national opioid ...
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The United States opioid epidemic [PDF]
Seminars in Perinatology, 2019 The United States opioid epidemic is a nationwide public health crisis. Initially driven by increased consumption and availability of pharmaceutical opioids, an increasing number of opioid overdoses are now related to heroin and illicitly manufactured fentanyl and fentanyl analogs. Addressing this epidemic requires addressing the stigma associated with
Jennifer, Lyden, Ingrid A, Binswanger
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