Suggested Paths to Fixing the Opioid Crisis: Directions and Misdirections

Jeffrey H Samet^{1

2

3}, Stefan G Kertesz^{4

5}

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¹ Clinical Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Unit, Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Grayken Center for Addiction, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama.
⁵ Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham.

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Jeffrey H Samet et al. JAMA Netw Open. 2018.

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. 2018 Jun 1;1(2):e180218.

doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.0218.

Jeffrey H Samet^{1

2

3}, Stefan G Kertesz^{4

5}

¹ Clinical Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Unit, Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Grayken Center for Addiction, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama.
⁵ Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham.

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