The effects of opioid policy changes on transitions from prescription opioids to heroin, fentanyl and injection drug use: a qualitative analysis

• Main Authors: Julia Dickson-Gomez (Author), Sarah Krechel (Author), Antoinette Spector (Author), Margaret Weeks (Author), Jessica Ohlrich (Author), H. Danielle Green Montaque (Author), Jianghong Li (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Beginning in the 1990s, nonmedical use of prescription opioids (POs) became a major public health crisis. In response to rising rates of opioid dependence and fatal poisonings, measures were instituted to decrease the prescription, diversion, and nonmedical use of POs including p...