HealthDay (8/30, Mundell) says a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on opioid overdose deaths across 11 states “finds the problem is increasingly complex, but more can be done to stop it.” According to the research team led by Christine Mattson, of the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, most states “were simultaneously struggling with a complex mix of prescription and illicit opioid deaths.” According to Dr. Harshal Kirane, who directs addiction services at Staten Island University Hospital in New York City, the CDC report “reveals two key areas of pressing concern: limited access to addiction care and limited community engagement in overdose education and naloxone distribution.” The report was published August 31 in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
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— “States Struggle With Onslaught of Opioid OD Deaths, “E.J. Mundell, HealthDay, August 30, 2018.