| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | international
USA. Changes In Opioid Supply Create New Risks As Stay-At-Home Rules Ease
USA. Changes In Opioid Supply Create New Risks As Stay-At-Home Rules Ease
There is no national data yet on the pandemic's impact on drug supply and overdose rates in the United States, but experts in addiction and law enforcement say availability and prices of illegal drugs have changed in different areas of the country. And as drug users adjust to new patterns of use, that's creating a patchwork of new overdose risk as well. (NPR – National Public Radio, USA, 18.05.2020)
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/05/18/854729610/changes-in-opioid-supply-create-new-risks-as-stay-at-home-rules-ease