Abstract
Alexander Tsai and co-authors discuss the role of stigma in responses to the US opioid crisis.
Highlights
The current US opioid overdose crisis is a public health emergency
We develop a typology of the stigma related to opioid use, showing how multiple dimensions of stigma continue to fundamentally hinder the response to the crisis
The largest increases in drug overdose mortality were observed for drug overdose deaths involving nonpharmaceutical fentanyl, which increased by an average of 71% per year in 2013–2017 [1,2,3,4], whereas overdose deaths involving prescription opioids and heroin have remained steady [5]
Summary
Stigma as a fundamental hindrance to the United States opioid overdose crisis response. OPEN ACCESS Citation: Tsai AC, Kiang MV, Barnett ML, Beletsky L, Keyes KM, McGinty EE, et al (2019) Stigma as a fundamental hindrance to the United States opioid overdose crisis response.
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