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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Vashishtha, Devesh [verfasserIn]

Mittal, Maria Luisa

Werb, Daniel

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E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2017

Schlagwörter:

Opioid epidemic

North America

Treatment as Prevention

Injection initiation

People who inject drugs

Medication-assisted treatment

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© The Author(s). 2017

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Enthalten in: Harm reduction journal - London : BioMed Central, 2004, 14(2017), 1 vom: 12. Mai

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:14 ; year:2017 ; number:1 ; day:12 ; month:05

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DOI / URN:

10.1186/s12954-017-0135-4

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SPR028775619

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