Addressing the context and consequences of substance use, misuse, and dependence: A global imperative

Alexander C Tsai; Margarita Alegría; Steffanie A Strathdee

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1003000

Addressing the context and consequences of substance use, misuse, and dependence: A global imperative

PLoS Med. 2019 Nov 26;16(11):e1003000. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003000. eCollection 2019 Nov.

Authors

Alexander C Tsai^{1

2

3}, Margarita Alegría^{2

4}, Steffanie A Strathdee⁵

Affiliations

¹ Center for Global Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
² Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
³ Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.
⁴ Disparities Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
⁵ Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, University of California at San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, California, United States of America.

Abstract

In an Editorial, Guest Editors Alexander Tsai, Margarita Alegria and Steffanie Strathdee discuss the accompanying Special Issue on Substance Use, Misuse and Dependence.

Publication types

Editorial
Introductory Journal Article

MeSH terms

Global Health
Humans
Substance-Related Disorders / psychology*
Substance-Related Disorders / therapy*

Grants and funding

The authors received no specific funding for this work.