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Abstract

In the USA and around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic arrived as the population was fighting a devastating opioid overdose epidemic. Urgent and decisive action is needed to protect particularly vulnerable populations, such as those with opioid use disorder, to prevent a compounding effect on public health.

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Title
An overdose surge will compound the COVID-19 pandemic if urgent action is not taken
Author
Wakeman, Sarah E 1 ; Green, Traci C 2 ; Rich, Josiah 3 

1  Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Medicine, Boston, USA (GRID:grid.32224.35) (ISNI:0000 0004 0386 9924); Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA (GRID:grid.38142.3c) (ISNI:000000041936754X) 
2  , Brandeis University, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Waltham, USA (GRID:grid.253264.4) (ISNI:0000 0004 1936 9473); The Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, Providence, USA (GRID:grid.40263.33) (ISNI:0000 0004 1936 9094) 
3  The Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, Providence, USA (GRID:grid.40263.33) (ISNI:0000 0004 1936 9094); The Center for Prisoner Health and Human Rights at The Miriam Hospital, Providence, USA (GRID:grid.240267.5) (ISNI:0000 0004 0443 5079) 
Pages
819-820
Publication year
2020
Publication date
Jun 2020
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
ISSN
10788956
e-ISSN
1546170X
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-0898-0
ProQuest document ID
2414579489
Copyright
© Springer Nature America, Inc. 2020.