Opioid Initiation and Injection Transition in Rural Northern New England: A Mixed-methods Approach

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Highlights a study on opioid initiation and transition to opioid injection in rural New England. Bases findings on interviews with opioid users in 11 rural counties in Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire. Tracks the time and circumstances of first opioid use to first opioid injection.

Kerry Nolte, Aurora L. Drew, Peter D. Friedmann, et al.

Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 217(1), 108256

12/2020

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Illicit drug use · Population health · Prescription drug misuse · Public health · Massachusetts · New Hampshire · Vermont