Persistence of low drug treatment coverage for injection drug users in large US metropolitan areas

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Objectives</p> <p>Injection drug users (IDUs) are at high risk for HIV, hepatitis, overdose and other harms. Greater drug treatment availability has been shown to reduce these harms among IDUs. Yet, little is known about changes in drug treatment avai...

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Main Authors: Chatterjee Sudip, Pouget Enrique R, Cleland Charles M, Tempalski Barbara, Friedman Samuel R
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-09-01
Series:Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
Online Access:http://www.substanceabusepolicy.com/content/5/1/23