{"pk":13830,"title":"Impact of Social Distancing on Individuals Who Use Drugs: Considerations for Emergency Department Providers","subtitle":null,"abstract":"The isolation that comes from social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic can be particularly detrimental to the United States’ population of people who use drugs. People with substance use disorders may be at risk for return to use, exacerbation of existing mental health disorders, and risky drug practices. In this commentary, we review the risk to people who use drugs and how emergency department providers can best support these individuals during the unprecedented time of social distancing.","language":"en","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0","short_name":"CC BY 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"},"keywords":[{"word":"social distancing, COVID-19, harm reduction"}],"section":"Behavioral Health","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6c34486s","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Kathy","middle_name":"T.","last_name":"LeSaint","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of California San Francisco, Department of Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, California\nCalifornia Poison Control System, San Francisco, California","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Hannah","middle_name":"R.","last_name":"Snyder","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of California San Francisco, Department of Family and Community Medicine, San Francisco, California","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2020-04-26T17:04:36Z","date_accepted":"2020-04-26T17:04:36Z","date_published":"2020-08-17T21:01:21Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/13830/galley/7204/download/"}]}