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. 2020 May;115(5):959-960.
doi: 10.1111/add.14958. Epub 2020 Jan 28.

Commentary on Hoots et al. (2019): The gap between evidence and policy calls into question the extent of a public health approach to the opioid overdose epidemic

Michelle L Nolan  1   2 , Bennett Allen  3 , Denise Paone  1
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Commentary on Hoots et al. (2019): The gap between evidence and policy calls into question the extent of a public health approach to the opioid overdose epidemic

Michelle L Nolan et al. Addiction. 2020 May.
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Keywords: Buprenorphine; drug policy; methadone; opioid overdose epidemic; public health; supervised injection facility.

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