Citation

Theisen K, Jacobs B, Macleod L, Davies B. BJU Int. 2018; 122(5): 754-759.

Affiliation

Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/bju.14446

PMID

29896932

Abstract

Opioid abuse, addiction, and death have reached epidemic proportions in the United States. Communities wear the devastation of the crisis in there pockmarked geography where addiction has increased homelessness and abandoned homes. Rural communities have fractured under the burden while urban centers struggle to contain open market drug dealing. Since 2015 drug overdoses have been the leading cause of injury related death in the United States [1]. Nearly 6% of the US population aged 15-64 reported abusing opioids in 2015; compare this to less than 1% for most other countries [2]. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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Language: en