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. 2020 Jun;26(6):819-820.
doi: 10.1038/s41591-020-0898-0.

An overdose surge will compound the COVID-19 pandemic if urgent action is not taken

Sarah E Wakeman  1   2 , Traci C Green  3   4 , Josiah Rich  4   5
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An overdose surge will compound the COVID-19 pandemic if urgent action is not taken

Sarah E Wakeman et al. Nat Med. 2020 Jun.

Abstract

In the uSA and around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic arrived as the population was fighting a devastating opioid overdose epidemic. urgent and decisive action is needed to protect particularly vulnerable populations, such as those with opioid use disorder, to prevent a compounding effect on public health.

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