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Comprehensive Care: Harm Reduction And The Opioid Epidemic, Riley Tinlin
Comprehensive Care: Harm Reduction And The Opioid Epidemic, Riley Tinlin
Global Sustainable Development Projects
Comprehensive Care: Harm Reduction and the Opioid Epidemic aims to delve deeper into the realities of opioid addiction and assess proposed prevention strategies by acknowledging the driving factors (biological, psychological, and social) and consequences of opioid abuse. Intervention strategies are offered from various access points ranging from the federal to individual level. The research conducted has shown that all access points must be considered for the success of prevention and treatment efforts. The intent of this paper is to argue that the proposed strategies are necessary steps to be taken if the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 3 (good health …