@article{3993344a394344f898571363d1db5ced,
title = "Public Health Policy Strategies to Address the Opioid Epidemic",
abstract = "Public health policy responses to the opioid epidemic require addressing both opioid supply and opioid demand. The growth in prescriptions of opioid analgesics, for example, is associated with escalating opioid overdose fatalities.1 Enhanced access to opioid agonist treatment, conversely, is required to curb demands driven by opioid use disorders. Oregon's multidimensional approaches toward opioid misuse and abuse achieved 20% reductions in opioid prescribing and a 30% reduction in the opioid overdose fatality rate.",
author = "Dwight Holton and Elizabeth White and Dennis McCarty",
note = "Funding Information: Awards from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Drug Abuse and National Institute of Mental Health support Dr. McCarty{\textquoteright}s work and the preparation of this manuscript (R01 DA029716, R01 DA030431, R01 MH1000001, R33 DA035640, P50 DA018165, and UG1 DA015815). OrCRM is supported through awards from the Oregon Department of Justice, the Oregon Health Authority and InSys (through a settlement agreement with the Oregon Department of Justice). Funding Information: Dwight Holton is the executive director for Lines for Life and the chair of the Oregon Coalition for Responsible Use of Medication (OrCRM). Elizabeth White is the project director for OrCRM. Dennis McCarty is a member of OrCRM. Dennis McCarty drafted an outline for the article and worked with the co-authors to complete the article. Awards from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Drug Abuse and National Institute of Mental Health support Dr. McCarty's work and the preparation of this manuscript (R01 DA029716, R01 DA030431, R01 MH1000001, R33 DA035640, P50 DA018165, and UG1 DA015815). OrCRM is supported through awards from the Oregon Department of Justice, the Oregon Health Authority and InSys (through a settlement agreement with the Oregon Department of Justice). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics",
year = "2018",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1002/cpt.992",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "103",
pages = "959--962",
journal = "Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics",
issn = "0009-9236",
publisher = "Nature Publishing Group",
number = "6",
}