The Opioid Epidemic: Challenge to Military Medicine and National Security

Abstract

We examine the current status of the military relevance of opioids, their use and misuse in military and veteran populations, the national security consequences of opioid use in our military age population, public health implications, and military, veteran, and government solutions for opioid addiction.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Feb 20, 2020
Source ID
10.1093/milmed/usz487

Entities

People

  • Aiguo Wu
  • Tesema Chekol
  • Zygmunt F. Dembek

Organizations

  • Battelle Memorial Institute
  • Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

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