Changing Law from Barrier to Facilitator of Opioid Overdose Prevention
Changing Law from Barrier to Facilitator of Opioid Overdose Prevention
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DOI：
10.1111/jlme.12035
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发表时间：
2013-03-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Burris, Scott
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作者：
Davis, Corey;Webb, Damika;Burris, Scott
阿片类药物过量是美国意外伤害死亡的主要原因，每年夺走超过16，000名美国人的生命。其中许多死亡是可以通过及时提供纳洛酮来预防的，纳洛酮是一种可靠有效地逆转阿片类药物过量的药物。然而，这种药物往往无法在需要的地方和时间获得，这在很大程度上是由于过量流行之前的法律。初步证据表明，修改这些法律以鼓励处方和使用纳洛酮将减少阿片类药物过量死亡，一些州在过去几年中已经这样做了。由于旨在促进纳洛酮获取的法律的修正案没有记录在案的负面影响，可以以很少或没有成本的方式实施，并且有可能挽救生命和资源，尚未通过的州可能会从中受益。
Opioid overdose is the leading cause of accidental injury death in the United States, taking the lives of over 16,000 Americans every year. Many of those deaths are preventable through the timely provision of naloxone, a drug that reliably and effectively reverses opioid overdose. However, that drug is often not available where and when it is needed, due in large part to laws that pre-date the overdose epidemic. Preliminary evidence suggests that amending those laws to encourage the prescription and use of naloxone will reduce opioid overdose deaths, and a number of states have done so in the past several years. Since legal amendments designed to facilitate naloxone access have no documented negative effects, can be implemented at little or no cost, and have the potential to save both lives and resources, states that have not passed them may benefit from doing so.