MedPage Today (2/2, Grant) reports, “Experts are warning that without urgent intervention, the U.S. will see more than 1.2 million fatal opioid-related overdoses during the next decade,” and consequently “are calling for immediate action to curtail the epidemic in North America.” The Stanford-Lancet Commission on the North American Opioid Crisis has created a “model of the opioid crisis” estimating that “there will be 1,220,000 fatal opioid overdoses in the U.S. from 2020 to 2029, underlining the value of their evaluations of the current crisis and recommendations for the future.” The commission has also “identified unique ‘domains’ of the epidemic and provided tailored recommendations for each one.” The executive summary, supporting documents, and a related editorial were published online Feb. 2 in The Lancet.
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