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Syndemic Of Opioid Crisis And Covid-19 Pandemic: A Call To Invest In Solutions, Manoj Sharma, Kavita Batra
Syndemic Of Opioid Crisis And Covid-19 Pandemic: A Call To Invest In Solutions, Manoj Sharma, Kavita Batra
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Preliminary data by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC, 2020] indicated a significant surge in the number of opioid involved deaths amidst COVID-19 pandemic and these trends are concerning, which warrant a collective investment in finding the solutions (Baumgartner & Radley, 2021; Becker & Fiellin, 2020). [...]this editorial aims to reflect on the interaction of the COVID-19 pandemic with the existing opioid crisis and its role in widening the gap of the pre-existing disparities, and discusses implications of practice to protect the health of vulnerable drug-users. Recently, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) allowed take-home …