Open AccessThe U.S. Opioid Crisis: Decriminalization as a Potential Approach
Author(s) -
Valerie Luzi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of translational medical research and public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2576-9502
pISSN - 2576-9499
DOI - 10.21106/ijtmrph.108
Subject(s) - license , decriminalization , safer , opioid overdose , addiction , population , opioid , medicine , business , political science , computer security , computer science , environmental health , psychiatry , law , (+) naloxone , receptor
There have been numerous approaches to treating the opioid crisis, but some downfalls include not addressing stigmas against the affected population. While it may seem to be a radical proposal, but decriminalizing all drugs may provide safer access to drugs, decrease the number of drug overdoses, decrease the stigma surrounding addicts, and decrease the barriers around access to care for addicts.
Copyright © 2020 Luzi. Published by Global Health and Education Projects, Inc. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.