Medical professionals focus on substance abuse, drug overdose epidemic, even through COVID-19
COVID-19 has had a ripple effect on various aspects of society, and the ongoing epidemic of substance abuse and overdoses is no different. Recently, the American Medical Association released its âNational Roadmap on State-Level Efforts to End the Nationâs Drug Overdose Epidemicâ â a report focused on policy and planning to deal with substance abuse disorders, chronic pain issues and overdoses. All of these already-existing problems, the report acknowledges, have been complicated by the COVID-19 pandemic, along with the illicit manufacturing and distribution of numerous sub...