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Indien. The hidden opioid crisis - How the so-called 'war on drugs' leaves patients to die in pain

Indien. The hidden opioid crisis - How the so-called 'war on drugs' leaves patients to die in pain

Across the world – and predominantly the Global South – people are dying in pain because they are denied access to pain relief. In 2015 the Lancet Commission on Global Access to Palliative Care and Pain Relief estimated that more than 61 million people experienced serious health-related suffering. (Health Poverty Action, UK, Briefing, Februar 2019)

https://www.healthpovertyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/India-opioid-crisis-briefing-WEB.pdf