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Comment
. 2016 Dec 6;188(17-18):1208-1209.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.160554. Epub 2016 Nov 7.

An urgent call to increase access to evidence-based opioid agonist therapy for prescription opioid use disorders

M Eugenia Socías  1 , Keith Ahamad  2
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An urgent call to increase access to evidence-based opioid agonist therapy for prescription opioid use disorders

M Eugenia Socías et al. CMAJ. .
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