| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | international
USA. Addiction treatment shrinks during the pandemic, leaving people with nowhere to turn
USA. Addiction treatment shrinks during the pandemic, leaving people with nowhere to turn
COVID-19 has overshadowed the U.S. opioid crisis, but that doesn’t mean opioid addiction has gone away. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the opioid crisis has gotten worse. Drug overdose death rates rose 13% in the first half of 2020. COVID-19 threatens to dismantle an already frayed addiction treatment system, creating a crisis on top of a crisis. (Conversation, USA, 03.09.2020)
https://theconversation.com/addiction-treatment-shrinks-during-the-pandemic-leaving-people-with-nowhere-to-turn-143731