Global patterns of opioid use and dependence: harms to populations, interventions, and future action

We summarise the evidence for medicinal uses of opioids, harms related to the extramedical use of, and dependence on, these drugs, and a wide range of interventions used to address these harms. The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study estimated that in 2017, 40·5 million peopl...

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Published in:	The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 394; no. 10208; pp. 1560 - 1579
Main Authors:	Degenhardt, Louisa, Grebely, Jason, Stone, Jack, Hickman, Matthew, Vickerman, Peter, Marshall, Brandon D L, Bruneau, Julie, Altice, Frederick L, Henderson, Graeme, Rahimi-Movaghar, Afarin, Larney, Sarah
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 26.10.2019 Elsevier Limited
Subjects:	Agonists Analgesics Analgesics, Opioid - poisoning Analgesics, Opioid - therapeutic use Cancer Chronic illnesses Crime Dependence Drug dependence Drug Overdose - epidemiology Drug Overdose - mortality Drugs Global Health Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Hepatitis Hepatitis C Heroin HIV Human immunodeficiency virus Human rights Humans Imprisonment Infections Injuries Mathematical models Mental health Mortality Narcotics Opioid-Related Disorders - epidemiology Opioid-Related Disorders - prevention & control Opioid-Related Disorders - therapy Opioids Overdose Pain Palliative care Pharmaceuticals Prevalence Public health Risk analysis Risk Factors Suicide Suicides & suicide attempts Viruses South America United States > US Africa
ISSN:	0140-6736, 1474-547X, 1474-547X
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