The opioid crisis: tragedy, treatments and trade-offs
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- SIEPR policy brief
- Author(s):
- Schnell, Molly, author
- Contributor(s):
- Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Stanford, CA : Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), February 2019
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Inappropriate Prescribing Opioid-Related Disorders -- epidemiology Opioid-Related Disorders -- prevention & control United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Key Takeaways. (1) The United States is in the midst of the worst drug epidemic in its history. (2) The crisis is tied to increases in the clinical use of prescription opioids. (3) Despite the rise of illicit opioids, prescription opioids remain part of the problem. (4) Policies aimed at reducing opioid prescribing involve trade-offs. (5) Finding the right balance between limiting abuse and managing pain is difficult, but necessary.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (4 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101772286 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101772286