Collision of the COVID-19 and Addiction Epidemics

By Nora D. Volkow. Annals of Internal Medicine, 2020

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People with substance use disorder may be especially susceptible to COVID-19, and compromised lung function from COVID-19 could also put at risk those who have opioid use disorder and methamphetamine use disorder. This commentary describes the risks of the collision of the COVID-19 and addiction epidemics.

Subfields: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Pharmacology, Physiology

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/283f4e562f10afc8ae84a357fc4214d2b37ef7d3

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• Psychological factors associated with substance use initiation during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020, neutral): “…including depression, anxiety, stress, worry, and substance use, among others, have been observed (Pfefferbaum and North, 2020; Wang et al., 2020; Yao et al., 2020), and a recent report emphasizes the importance of considering substance use problems in the context of COVID-19 (Volkow, 2020).”