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The Hastings Center Report: Bioethics challenge of opioid crisis – News-Medical.Net

It is popular, Rieder observes, to claim that we know what we, as a society, ought to do to solve America’s opioid crisis–we simply don’t want it badly enough.

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Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Sep 1 2020
Solving the Opioid Crisis Isn’t Just a Public Health Challenge–It’s a Bioethics ChallengeTravis N. Rieder
It is popular, Rieder observes, to claim that we know what we, as a society, ought to do to solve America’s opioid crisis–we simply don’t want it badly enough. Those who focus on prescription opioids think we ought to stop prescribing so many powerful opioid painkillers. Public health professionals who focus on illicit drug use think we ought …

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