SCIENCE - Since 2000, almost half a million Americans have died from drug overdoses. This modern plague—largely driven by opioid addiction—degrades health, saps productivity, spawns crime, and devastates families, all at enormous societal cost. How did we get here, and what do we do now?
Dean Donald S. Burke, MD, of Pitt Public Health advocates in the November 4, 2016 issue of Science that "a new, public health–oriented approach is needed.” Read the complete editorial at www.science.org.
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/354/6312/529.full or
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/354/6312/529.full.pdf+html
11/04/2016