"According to the CDC, between 1999 and 2017, more than 700,000 Americans died as a result of drug overdose. In 2017, the number of overdose deaths involving opioids (including prescription opioids and illegal opioids such as heroin and illicitly manufactured fentanyl) was 6 tim…
"According to the CDC, between 1999 and 2017, more than 700,000 Americans died as a result of drug overdose. In 2017, the number of overdose deaths involving opioids (including prescription opioids and illegal opioids such as heroin and illicitly manufactured fentanyl) was 6 tim…
Introduction : making overdose matter : protagonists and antagonists in the social lives of naloxone -- Poison murders and natural accidents : antidotes and antagonists -- The "chemical superego" : police science, social antagonism, and artificial will -- Deaths from "narcotism"…
"According to the CDC, between 1999 and 2017, more than 700,000 Americans died as a result of drug overdose. In 2017, the number of overdose deaths involving opioids (including prescription opioids and illegal opioids such as heroin and illicitly manufactured fentanyl) was 6 tim…
Dependence on opioids has grown into an epidemic, its effects felt globally and most of all in the United States. The Opioid Crisis: A Reference Handbook provides a detailed and accurate history of opioid use, helping readers to understand how the crisis developed, as well as a …
"Dependence on opioids has grown into an epidemic, its effects felt globally and most of all in the United States. The Opioid Crisis: A Reference Handbook provides a detailed and accurate history of opioid use, helping readers to understand how the crisis developed, as well as a…
Nearly every American knows someone who has been affected by the opioid crisis. Addiction is a trans-partisan issue that impacts individuals from every walk of life. Millions of Americans, tired of watching their loved ones die while politicians ignore this issue. Where is the s…
"The opioid epidemic is responsible for the first sustained decline in U.S. life expectancy since the 1960s. In 2016, more than 50,000 Americans died from an opioid overdose -- to say nothing of the hundreds of thousands who live with some measure of opioid addiction every day. …
"The opioid epidemic is responsible for the first sustained decline in U.S. life expectancy since the 1960s. In 2016, more than 50,000 Americans died from an opioid overdose -- to say nothing of the hundreds of thousands who live with some measure of opioid addiction every day. …
'Prescription Drug Diversion and Pain' provides an interdisciplinary overview of medications used to treat chronic pain, specifically the benefits and risks that are posed by long-term opioids use. This text offers a single, comprehensive source for understanding the specialzied…
"According to the CDC, between 1999 and 2017, more than 700,000 Americans died as a result of drug overdose. In 2017, the number of overdose deaths involving opioids (including prescription opioids and illegal opioids such as heroin and illicitly manufactured fentanyl) was 6 tim…
"According to the CDC, between 1999 and 2017, more than 700,000 Americans died as a result of drug overdose. In 2017, the number of overdose deaths involving opioids (including prescription opioids and illegal opioids such as heroin and illicitly manufactured fentanyl) was 6 tim…
"Chronic pain places a tremendous burden on both the patient and the healthcare system. The use of opioids to address pain has resulted in negative impacts. As practitioners work to undo the current opioid crisis, options to manage pain need a new approach. Advanced Therapeutics…
by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.)., Committee on Pain Management and Regulatory Strategies to Address Prescription Opioid Abuse, Bonnie, Richard J., Ford, Morgan A., Phillips, Jonathan K.
