President ' s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis

White House. 11/01/2017 This 131-page report provides a set of recommendations to combat the opioid crisis and drug addiction in the nation. It discusses the need to address the influences that transformed the United States into the world leader of opioid prescribing, opioid addiction, and opioid overdose deaths. It details the drug addiction and opioid crisis, discusses opioid addiction prevention, and urges Congress to respond to the President ' s declaration of a public health emergency. (PDF)

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - November 1, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news