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Rural Communities in Crisis: Strategies to Address the Opioid Crisis

Description
Policy brief describing the effects of the opioid and heroin crisis in rural areas. Covers challenges to rural healthcare organizations combating this issue, and identifies and discusses policy recommendations for addressing the opioid and heroin crisis in rural communities and in rural healthcare systems.
Author(s)
John A. Gale, Dave Schmitz, Michael Meit, et al.
Date
04/2016
Type
Document
Organization
National Rural Health Association
Tagged as
Illicit drug use · Policy · Prescription drug misuse

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