Drug Overdose, Addiction and Binge Drinking: Medical Problems with Public Health Consequences

摘要

The inexorable link between the practice of medicine and the fostering of public health is especially clear when dealing with severe drug and alcohol problems. Therefore, this focus section of the Rhode Island Medical Journal (RIMJ) addresses both clinical concerns like pain manage- ment and addiction treatment and also the ways in which the medical profession is joining with public health specialists and the community.