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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Kral, Alex H.
• Davidson, Peter J.

Titel

Addressing the Nation’s Opioid Epidemic: Lessons from an Unsanctioned Supervised Injection Site in the U.S

Ist Teil von

• American journal of preventive medicine, 2017-12, Vol.53 (6), p.919-922

Ort / Verlag

Netherlands: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Quelle

Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Over half a million people have died of overdose in the U.S. since 2000.1 As of 2014, an estimated 774,434 people inject drugs in the U.S., the majority of whom inject opioids including prescription opioids and heroin. The prevalence of HIV and hepatitis C virus among people who inject drugs in the U.S. is 2% and 43%, respectively. With the U.S. in the midst of an opioid epidemic causing morbidity and mortality at unprecedented levels, policymakers and public health practitioners are in need of innovative solutions.