Responding to global opioid crisis, UNODC launches strategy to protect public health

Responding to global opioid crisis, UNODC launches strategy to protect public health

UNODC launched yesterday an organization-wide strategy to deal with the deadly global opioid crisis which is mainly affecting North America and parts of Africa and the Middle East, and threatening to spread more widely. Misuse of opioids, such as fentanyl, usually widely used to treat severe pain and in anaesthesia; its analogues, as well as tramadol, used to treat moderate and moderate-to-severe pain, are of growing concern worldwide. 

Published June 26, 2018 at 09:10PM
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