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The Future of the United States Overdose Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities.
- Source :
- Milbank Quarterly; Apr2023 Supplement 1, Vol. 101, p478-506, 29p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Policy PointsPeople are dying at record numbers from overdose in the United States.Concerted action has led to a number of successes, including reduced inappropriate opioid prescribing and increased availability of opioid use disorder treatment and harm‐reduction efforts, yet ongoing challenges include criminalization of drug use and regulatory and stigma barriers to expansion of treatment and harm‐reduction services.Priorities for action include investing in evidence‐based and compassionate policies and programs that address sources of opioid demand, decriminalizing drug use and drug paraphernalia, enacting policies to make medication for opioid use disorder more accessible, and promoting drug checking and safe drug supply. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SUBSTANCE abuse treatment
SUBSTANCE abuse prevention
HEALTH policy
HEALTH education
SUBSTANCE abuse
HEALTH services accessibility
DRUG overdose
GOVERNMENT regulation
CRIME
INAPPROPRIATE prescribing (Medicine)
DRUG laws
FORECASTING
DRUG prescribing
OPIOID analgesics
PHYSICIAN practice patterns
OPIOID abuse
PATIENT safety
HEALTH promotion
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0887378X
- Volume :
- 101
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Milbank Quarterly
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 163309998
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0009.12602