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Confronting the Opioid Crisis by Taking a Long Look in the Mirror … and at Our Peers
Author(s) -
Hays Geoffrey P.,
Mycyk Mark B.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
academic emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1553-2712
pISSN - 1069-6563
DOI - 10.1111/acem.13397
Subject(s) - medicine , opioid , receptor
National attention to our current opioid epidemic continues to increase at a numbing pace. According to the latest estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), opioids claim 115 lives per day in the United States [1]. Although black market fentanyl and other street synthetics are getting some blame for these deaths, recent data confirm that prescription opioids remain a large contributor to our opioid problem [2]. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.