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The Opioid Epidemic in NC: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities.

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Kansagra, SM; Cohen, MK
Published in: N C Med J
2018

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.

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N C Med J

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0029-2559

Publication Date

2018

Volume

79

Issue

3

Start / End Page

157 / 162

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Pain
  • Opioid-Related Disorders
  • North Carolina
  • Needle-Exchange Programs
  • Narcotic Antagonists
  • Naloxone
  • Law Enforcement
  • Insurance, Health
  • Humans
  • Health Services Accessibility
 

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Kansagra, S. M., & Cohen, M. K. (2018). The Opioid Epidemic in NC: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities. N C Med J, 79(3), 157–162. https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.79.3.157
Kansagra, Susan M., and Mandy K. Cohen. “The Opioid Epidemic in NC: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities.N C Med J 79, no. 3 (2018): 157–62. https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.79.3.157.
Kansagra SM, Cohen MK. The Opioid Epidemic in NC: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities. N C Med J. 2018;79(3):157–62.
Kansagra, Susan M., and Mandy K. Cohen. “The Opioid Epidemic in NC: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities.N C Med J, vol. 79, no. 3, 2018, pp. 157–62. Pubmed, doi:10.18043/ncm.79.3.157.
Kansagra SM, Cohen MK. The Opioid Epidemic in NC: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities. N C Med J. 2018;79(3):157–162.

Published In

N C Med J

DOI

ISSN

0029-2559

Publication Date

2018

Volume

79

Issue

3

Start / End Page

157 / 162

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Pain
  • Opioid-Related Disorders
  • North Carolina
  • Needle-Exchange Programs
  • Narcotic Antagonists
  • Naloxone
  • Law Enforcement
  • Insurance, Health
  • Humans
  • Health Services Accessibility