Citation

Kansagra SM, Cohen MK. N. Carol. Med. J. 2018; 79(3): 157-162.

Affiliation

secretary, NC Department of Health and Human Services, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Medical Society of the State of North Carolina)

DOI

10.18043/ncm.79.3.157

PMID

29735617

Abstract

Like many states, North Carolina faces an opioid crisis that has rapidly intensified in recent years. Addressing this epidemic requires interventions such as judicious prescribing of opioids, community based prevention efforts, broader naloxone distribution, law enforcement efforts to curb drug trafficking, and harm reduction efforts like safe syringe programs. Expanding access to treatment and recovery services, as well as affordable health insurance for individuals with substance use disorder or at risk for developing a disorder, is also critical. North Carolina has made significant progress, but we have much more work to do.

©2018 by the North Carolina Institute of Medicine and The Duke Endowment. All rights reserved.

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