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- Title
Notes from the Field: Opioid Overdose Deaths Before, During, and After an 11-Week COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Order - Cook County, Illinois, January 1, 2018-October 6, 2020.
- Authors
Mason, Maryann; Welch, Sarah B.; Arunkumar, Ponni; Post, Lori Ann; Feinglass, Joseph M.
- Abstract
The article discuses that the pandemic caused some persons with opioid use disorder to experience disruptions in treatment and recovery services. Topics discussed include the pandemic has led to interruptions and changes in the illicit drug supply, which places persons using opioids at increased risk for overdose death; and the challenges for persons with opioid use disorder caused by the COVID-19 pandemic could put them at higher risk for opioid overdose.
- Subjects
ILLINOIS; STAY-at-home orders; COVID-19; OPIOIDS; COVID-19 pandemic; SOCIAL support
- Publication
MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, 2021, Vol 70, Issue 10, p362
- ISSN
0149-2195
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.15585/mmwr.mm7010a3