Using Evidence to Inform Legislation Aimed at Curbing Fentanyl Deaths

JAMA Health Forum. 2023 Jan 6;4(1):e225202. doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.5202.

Authors

Cole A Jurecka¹, Joshua A Barocas^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora.
² University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora.

PMID: 36705915
DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.5202

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This Viewpoint presents an evidence-based argument against criminalization policies and for more treatment-focused policies.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Analgesics, Opioid / adverse effects
Fentanyl* / adverse effects
Humans
Opioid-Related Disorders*

Substances

Fentanyl
Analgesics, Opioid

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