Twin epidemics: The surging rise of methamphetamine use in chronic opioid users

• Published in: Drug and alcohol dependence Vol. 193; pp. 14 - 20
• Main Authors: Ellis, Matthew S., Kasper, Zachary A., Cicero, Theodore J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier B.V 01.12.2018; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Drug abuse; Drug addiction; Drug use; Epidemics; Help seeking behavior; Medical treatment; Methamphetamine; Narcotics; Opioids; Patients; Polls & surveys; Polysubstance use; Qualitative analysis; Rural communities; Rural populations; Substance abuse treatment; Treatment programs; United States > US; Polysubstance use; Methamphetamine; Opioids

•Co-occurring opioid and methamphetamine use have doubled from 2011 to 2017.•Methamphetamine serves as an easily accessible and affordable substitute to opioids.•Co-occurring use provides synergistic effects whereby one balances out the other. Background/aims: Recent supply-side efforts enacted to c...