Policies To Address Opioid Crisis Would Cause People To Turn To Heroin, Fentanyl In The Short-Term

A new simulation study finds that effective policies to combat the opioid crisis could actually result in more deaths in the next five to ten years. “This doesn’t mean these policies should not be considered," said Keith Humphreys a former senior policy adviser at the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. News on the crisis comes out of Maryland and D.C., as well.

from Kaiser Health News https://ift.tt/2GWhPhr