No one can be left behind in public-health pandemic response

Other public-health crises aren’t put on 'pause' during a pandemic. The opioid crisis that we were experiencing before COVID-19 did not just fade away.

The pandemic has closed the borders, interrupting opioid supply routes. Limiting access to drugs might sound like a good thing, but it can actually be dangerous because people may be using substances from unreliable sources with less predictable potency and more adulterants, writes Rebecca Jesseman.Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY REBECCA JESSEMAN

June 3, 2020

Living through a pandemic has meant making significant changes in our lives in a very short period of time. We’re all doing our best to get through this. Even as places begin the uncertain process of re-opening, we know that physical-distancing measures are helping to slow the spread of COVID-19, ...

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