Pain and Its Impact on the Opioid Epidemic

• By: Michael B. Friedman, LMSW Columbia University School of Social Work
• April 16th, 2020
• addiction prevention, healthcare funding, opioid epidemic, overdose reversal, pain management, prescription opioids, public health policy, substance use disorder
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In several past articles on the opioid epidemic in America, I have complained that the problem of severe, chronic pain has been overlooked as a contributing factor. It appears that that is no longer true. For example, a very recent report by the National Academies of Science to the Food and Drug...

The Opioid Epidemic: Expanding Access to Medicated Assisted Treatment

• By: Ellen Hoffman-Jeffrey, MS, CASAC-G, SAP, MAC, FDC, CAR VIP Community Services
• April 16th, 2020
• heroin use, medication-assisted treatment, opioid abuse, opioid epidemic, overdose deaths, prescription opioids, public health policy, substance use disorder
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The Researched Abuse, Diversion, and Addiction-Related Surveillance (RADARS) System describe the diversion and abuse of prescription opioid analgesics, using data from January 2002 through December 2013. Because drug abuse is an illegal activity that is often concealed from authorities, the RADARS...