UC Berkeley researchers investigate opioid addiction treatments in rural areas
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A study led by UC Berkeley School of Public Health assistant professor Claire Snell-Rood found weak relationships between "hubs" and "spokes" in a California "hub and spoke" model, in which treatment programs and service providers work together to provide opium addicts in rural areas with medication. (Photo by Find Rehab Centers under CC BY 2.0.)
In the last few years, deadly waves of an opioid epidemic have swept across the United States, hitting rural areas especially hard and leaving millions of impacted lives in its wake.
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