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Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs and Health  


Author:  Staff Editors.


Source: Volume 18, Number 06, March/April 2017 , pp.81-84(4)




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Abstract: 

A new report by U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy draws attention to the current drug and alcohol addiction public health crisis, highlights proven treatments and calls for collective coordinated action. This article outlines the key messages in the report as well as the prevalence of substance misuse across all demographics, the indirect health consequences and the move towards treating addiction from a public health approach rather than criminal justice model. It concludes with promising points on effective preventions, interventions and treatments, and the pathways to recovery through the healthcare system.

Keywords: substance use epidemic; continuum of service; community-based prevention; overdose deaths; socioeconomic variables; cardiovascular and cardiopulmonary diseases; health insurance regulations; Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and A

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