Bringing Harm Reduction into Health Policy - Combating the Overdose Crisis

N Engl J Med. 2021 May 13;384(19):1781-1783. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp2103274. Epub 2021 May 8.

Authors

Kimberly L Sue¹, David A Fiellin¹

Affiliation

¹ From the Department of Internal Medicine (K.S., D.A.F.), the Program in Addiction Medicine (K.S., D.A.F.), and the Department of Emergency Medicine (D.A.F.), Yale School of Medicine, and the Department of Health Policy and Management, Yale School of Public Health (D.A.F.) - both in New Haven, CT; and the National Harm Reduction Coalition, New York (K.S.).

PMID: 33983692
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp2103274

No abstract available

Publication types

Historical Article

MeSH terms

Drug Overdose / complications
Drug Overdose / prevention & control*
Harm Reduction*
Health Policy* / history
Health Policy* / legislation & jurisprudence
History, 20th Century
Humans
Opiate Overdose / epidemiology
Opiate Overdose / mortality
Opioid-Related Disorders*
United States / epidemiology