The North American opioid epidemic: current challenges and a call for treatment as prevention

Abstract There is a need for creative, public health-oriented solutions to the increasingly intractable problems associated with the North American opioid epidemic. This epidemic is a fundamentally continental problem, as routes of migration, drug demand, and drug exchange link the USA with Mexico a...

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Main Authors: Devesh Vashishtha, Maria Luisa Mittal, Daniel Werb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:Harm Reduction Journal
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12954-017-0135-4