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. 2015 Jun;29(2):133-9.
doi: 10.3109/15360288.2015.1037530.

Opioid abuse in the United States and Department of Health and Human Services actions to address opioid-drug-related overdoses and deaths

U S Department Of Health And Human Services

Opioid abuse in the United States and Department of Health and Human Services actions to address opioid-drug-related overdoses and deaths

U S Department Of Health And Human Services. J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2015 Jun.

Abstract

On March 26, 2015, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) published an online Issue Brief that addresses opioid abuse in the United States and (HHS) actions to address opioid-drug-related overdoses and deaths. This report, which contains the full content of the Issue Brief, is adapted from that document.

Keywords: Department of Health and Human Services; Issue Brief; abuse; federal response; opioid.

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