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Physicians call for drug abuse to be treated as chronic disease.

Kate Smith, MD, MPH March 28, 2017 drug abuse

With drug overdoses causing tens of thousands of deaths every year in the U.S., physicians are calling for the crisis to be treated like a medical emergency.

Today, the American College of Physicians (ACP) published a position paper arguing that action needs to be taken by the medical community and others to stem the crisis, especially in light of the massive growth of the opioid epidemic.