A major expansion of opioid agonist treatment is needed to reduce overdose deaths in the USA

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¹ National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
² Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia; National Addiction Centre, Kings College London, London, UK. Electronic address: w.hall@uq.edu.au.

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¹ National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
² Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia; National Addiction Centre, Kings College London, London, UK. Electronic address: w.hall@uq.edu.au.

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