Abstract
The article discuses that the pandemic caused some persons with opioid use disorder to experience disruptions in treatment and recovery services. Topics discussed include the pandemic has led to interruptions and changes in the illicit drug supply, which places persons using opioids at increased risk for overdose death; and the challenges for persons with opioid use disorder caused by the COVID-19 pandemic could put them at higher risk for opioid overdose.
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Mason, M., Welch, S. B., Arunkumar, P., Post, L. A., & Feinglass, J. M. (2021). Notes from the Field: Opioid Overdose Deaths Before, During, and After an 11-Week COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Order — Cook County, Illinois, January 1, 2018–October 6, 2020. MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 70(10), 362–363. https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7010a3
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