Abstract
Prevention is one of five already proven ways to diminish opioid overdoses (ODs), and it works for opioids the same way it works for addiction in general, Nora Volkow, M.D., director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, (NIDA) told ADAW this month. There is primary prevention — preventing drug use from ever starting, in the substance use arena — and secondary prevention — preventing it from getting worse.
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