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USA. The HEALing Communities Study: Using Science to Address the Opioid Crisis
USA. The HEALing Communities Study: Using Science to Address the Opioid Crisis
By Nora D. Volkow, MD and Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., NIDA, Nora’s Blog, 19.09.2018
The public health emergency of opioid misuse, addiction, and overdose affects millions of Americans and requires innovative scientific solutions. Today, during “National Prescription Opioid and Heroin Awareness Week,” we are sharing news of an important step towards these solutions through the HEALing Communities Study – an integrated approach to test an array of interventions for opioid misuse and addiction in communities hard hit by the opioid crisis.