TY - JOUR KW - opioid epidemic KW - North America KW - Treatment as prevention KW - Injection initiation KW - People who inject drugs KW - medication-assisted treatment KW - Human KW - Epidemics KW - Drug Abuse KW - treatment KW - Drug Abuse Prevention KW - Intravenous Drug Usage KW - Opiates KW - article KW - 3383:Drug & Alcohol Rehabilitation AU - Devesh Vashishtha AU - Maria Luisa Mittal AU - Daniel Werb A1 - AD - Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, US dwerb@ucsd.edu; Werb, Daniel,9500 Gilman Drive,La Jolla,US,92093-0507,Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego,dwerb@ucsd.edu BT - Harm Reduction Journal C5 - Opioids & Substance Use JF - Harm Reduction Journal LA - English M1 - Journal Article PB - BioMed Central Limited PY - 2017 SP - 6 T1 - The North American opioid epidemic: Current challenges and a call for treatment as prevention T2 - Harm Reduction Journal TI - The North American opioid epidemic: Current challenges and a call for treatment as prevention U1 - Opioids & Substance Use VL - 14 Y1 - 2017 Y2 - May 12 ER -