Cutting opioid prescriptions reduced supply but not demand – and the unintended harms fell on chronic pain patients and people with substance use disorders.

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📰 Read the article: https://behavioralhealthnews.org/when-opioid-narratives-become-policy/

✨ AHSR 2026 Workshop Spotlight ✨
Framework for Improving Policy Evaluations of the Opioid Crisis
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How long before #OpioidPolicy actually reduces deaths?

OPOSim #ABM simulates #OpioidUse dynamics in #NorthCarolina to test #prevention strategies and reveals how small shifts can change #epidemic trajectories

Read the full #OpenAccess article in #JASSS: jasss.org/29/1/5.html

via @TheMarkup: Blacklight, which recently surpassed 10M scans since its launch. World-class teams like @hrw, @EFF, @ProPublica & @opioidpolicy have all relied on it for their own work. https://themarkup.org/blacklight/2023/05/03/10-million-blacklight-scans-later-heres-what-you-found #dataprivacy