Abstract
People with substance use disorder may be especially susceptible to COVID-19, and compromised lung function from COVID-19 could also put at risk those who have opioid use disorder and methamphetamine use disorder. This commentary describes the risks of the collision of the COVID-19 and addiction epidemics.
Keywords: Addiction; Brain; COVID-19; Cancer prevention; Drug therapy; Health care; Lungs; Opioids; Population statistics; Pulmonary diseases.
MeSH terms
- Betacoronavirus*
- COVID-19
- Coronavirus Infections / complications
- Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
- Coronavirus Infections / transmission
- Disease Transmission, Infectious / prevention & control*
- Epidemics*
- Global Health
- Humans
- Pandemics
- Pneumonia, Viral / complications
- Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
- Pneumonia, Viral / transmission
- SARS-CoV-2
- Substance-Related Disorders / complications
- Substance-Related Disorders / epidemiology*