Title: Surgeon General's Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health.
Authors: Murthy, Vivek H.
Abstract: The author discusses a report issued by the U.S. Surgeon General's Office focusing on substance misuse, substance use disorders, and related harms, placing substance abuse in a public health framework. Topics include the number of individuals that die annually in the U.S. from substance abuse, the impact of substance abuse on crime and violence, abuse and neglect of children, productivity, and health care costs, and efforts in the health care and criminal justice systems to prevent and treat substance abuse.
Subjects: UNITED States; SUBSTANCE abuse prevention; SUBSTANCE abuse treatment; UNITED States. Public Health Service. Office of the Surgeon General; PEOPLE with addiction; DRUG overdose; HUMAN services
Publication: JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2017, Vol 317, Issue 2, p133
ISSN: 0098-7484
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.18215

Surgeon General's Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health.

Murthy, Vivek H.