Opioid Epidemic Needs Public-Health, Harm-Reduction Approach to Addiction Treatment
Lenore A. Kola, PhD, of the Center for Evidence-Based Practices at Case
Western Reserve University has co-authored an editorial that encourages
lawmakers and other policymakers to abandon harsh opinions and policies which may brand people who suffer from addiction to alcohol and other
drugs, including opioids, as morally inadequate and, thus, not entitled to or eligible for treatment. Kola and her co-author, Mark I.
Singer, PhD, argue
that the time has come for social systems to adopt a public-health
approach to addiction treatment that includes harm reduction.
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