US regional and demographic differences in prescription opioid and heroin-related overdose hospitalizations
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Intertwined Epidemics: National Demographic Trends in Hospitalizations for Heroin- and Opioid-Related Overdoses, 1993–2009
The historical patterns of opiate use show that sources and methods of access greatly influence who is at risk. Today, there is evidence that an enormous increase in the availability of prescription opiates is fuelling a rise in addiction nationally, drawing in new initiates to these drugs and changing the geography of opiate overdoses. Recent efforts at supply-based reductions in prescription ...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Drug Policy
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0955-3959
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.06.003