Association between altitude, prescription opioid misuse, and fatal overdoses
Objective: Prescription opioid misuse and fatal overdoses have increased significantly over the last two decades. Living at altitude has been linked to greater reward benefits of other drugs of abuse, and living at altitude may also exacerbate the respiratory depression linked to opioid use. Therefo...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-06-01
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Series: | Addictive Behaviors Reports |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352853218301548 |