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CCAPP: Number of deaths from untreated addiction may rival those from COVID‐19
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.32729
Subject(s) - clarion , addiction , covid-19 , isolation (microbiology) , pandemic , psychiatry , medicine , psychology , disease , criminology , virology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , biology , cognitive psychology , microbiology and biotechnology
In a far‐reaching clarion call for attention to addiction in the midst of the COVID‐19 pandemic, Pete Nielsen, CEO of the California Consortium of Addiction Professionals and Programs (CCAPP), urges policymakers to recognize that the isolation required in shelter‐in‐place will fuel even more deaths from alcohol, drugs and suicide. In The Disease of Addiction Thrives on Isolation , released this month, Nielsen warns that these deaths were already “on track to break records in the number of victims in our state this year,” and goes on to say that those “who survive this year will face a second wave of death due to tobacco related diseases and or relapse to drug of choice unless tobacco is routinely treated in substance use disorder.”