The Relationship Between Treatment Center Services and Number of Opioid-related Deaths in the United States Before and After a Declaration of a National Opioid Crisis
Abstract:Opioid-related deaths are a national problem that have increased over the past two decades. Multiple policy interventions have been enacted to decrease opioid misuse and expand treatment. The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) was passed in July 2016, just before declaring the opioid epidemic a National Emergency in 2017. CARA was enacted to combat the opioid epidemic by providing more funding yearly for items including but not limited to prevention, treatment, and opioid overdose reversal. To eva… Show more
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