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Can Emergency Rooms Solve the Opioid Epidemic?

Virginia Pelley

January 23, 2018 |

Bright Magazine |

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Response Location: United States

Emergency rooms across the country are initiating programs that address addiction and substance abuse. Usually emergency rooms are not equipped with mental health counselors, but to curb the opioid crisis, several are seeing increased uptake into therapy and programs when there are counselors available in the emergency rooms.

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