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| − | + | The focus of this Objective is to reduce the ease of people getting opioids for non-medical use. If a community wants to reduce the devastation and death due to opioid addiction, access to opioids needs to be reduced at several levels: | |
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| + | #Reduce easy access to free opioid pills that can be used for pain (in a non-prescribed manner), or for self-medication or for recreation. This reduces the number of people starting down the path to developing an Opioid Use Disorder. | ||
| + | #Make it more difficult for people to buy opioid pills that they were not prescribed (but were diverted from legitimate prescriptions). It has been seen many times that this can lead to more people switching to heroin and fentanyl to avoid withdrawal or in search of the high, but reducing the illegal sale of diverted prescription drugs is an important part of a comprehensive strategy that also takes strong steps to help people choose treatment or other help rather than making the switch to heroin and/or fentanyl. | ||
| + | #Minimize availability of fake prescription drugs. One of the most dangerous forms of opioids are fake prescription drugs that are often laced with fentanyl. It takes a focused strategy to address this particular source of illegal opioids. | ||
| + | #Reduce access to heroin and/or illegal synthetic opioids. This is an important part of addressing the overall problem, because if it is more difficult to get heroin or synthetic opioids, some people may choose to stop misusing opioids and get other help. Or, for the approximately 20% of heroin users who don't start with prescription drugs but rather shift to heroin through a path of other forms of substance abuse, this extraordinarily addictive option will be less available. | ||
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Examples of a Description for this Objective
The focus of this Objective is to reduce the ease of people getting opioids for non-medical use. If a community wants to reduce the devastation and death due to opioid addiction, access to opioids needs to be reduced at several levels:
- Reduce easy access to free opioid pills that can be used for pain (in a non-prescribed manner), or for self-medication or for recreation. This reduces the number of people starting down the path to developing an Opioid Use Disorder.
- Make it more difficult for people to buy opioid pills that they were not prescribed (but were diverted from legitimate prescriptions). It has been seen many times that this can lead to more people switching to heroin and fentanyl to avoid withdrawal or in search of the high, but reducing the illegal sale of diverted prescription drugs is an important part of a comprehensive strategy that also takes strong steps to help people choose treatment or other help rather than making the switch to heroin and/or fentanyl.
- Minimize availability of fake prescription drugs. One of the most dangerous forms of opioids are fake prescription drugs that are often laced with fentanyl. It takes a focused strategy to address this particular source of illegal opioids.
- Reduce access to heroin and/or illegal synthetic opioids. This is an important part of addressing the overall problem, because if it is more difficult to get heroin or synthetic opioids, some people may choose to stop misusing opioids and get other help. Or, for the approximately 20% of heroin users who don't start with prescription drugs but rather shift to heroin through a path of other forms of substance abuse, this extraordinarily addictive option will be less available.
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