Quantifying the social costs of pharmaceutical opioid misuse and illicit opioid use to Australia in 2015/16

Quantifying the social costs of pharmaceutical opioid misuse and illicit opioid use to Australia in 2015/16

In recent decades the range and patterns of opioids used for extra-medical purposes have changed. The use of pharmaceutical opioids exceeds the use of heroin. In 2017, 63 percent of opioid deaths were attributed exclusively to pharmaceutical opioids, 28 percent to illicit opioids and 8 percent to bo...

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Main Authors: Makate, Marshall, Whetton, Steve, Tait, Robert, Chrzanowska,, Agata, Donnelly, Neil, McEntee, Alice, Muhktar, Aqif, Zahra, Emma, Campbell, Gabrielle, Degenhardt, Louisa, Dey, Tania, Halim, Suraya Abdul, Hall, Wayne, Norman, Richard, Peacok, Amy, Roche, Ann, Allsop, Steve
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: 2020
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/81928

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