Examining opioid and heroin-related drug overdose in Colorado / Allison Rosenthal, Kirk Bol, Barbara Gabella.
Nationally and in Colorado, opioid use disorders have emerged as a significant public health concern. Starting in the 1990s, opioid prescriptions (or, pain medications such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, and their combination with acetaminophen) began to rise nationwide. The dramatic increase in use ha...
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| Format: | Government Document eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Denver, Colo. :
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Office of eHealth and Data,
2016.
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| Series: | Health watch (Colorado. Center for Health and Environmental Data) ;
no. 100. |
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| Summary: | Nationally and in Colorado, opioid use disorders have emerged as a significant public health concern. Starting in the 1990s, opioid prescriptions (or, pain medications such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, and their combination with acetaminophen) began to rise nationwide. The dramatic increase in use has been associated with dependency, addiction, and other adverse health events including, but not limited to: heroin use disorders, spread of hepatitis infections and HIV, and fatal drug overdose. |
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| Item Description: | "November 2016." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (9 numbered and 1 unnumbered pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 10) |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from PDF caption; (viewed April 2019) |