Are pharmacists on the front lines of the opioid epidemic? A cross-sectional study of the practices and competencies of community and hospital pharmacists in Punjab, Pakistan.

BMJ Open · 2023 · PMC10668153 · PMID 37989383

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According to the 2022 World Drug Report, about 61.3 million people used opioids in the past year in 2020, in an increasing trend compared to the same statistics in 2017. 8 In 2020, approximately 70,000 opiate-related deaths were reported in the United States alone.

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