The journal Health Affairs has published an issue focused on opioid use and the overdose crisis.
The September 2025 issue, entitled Insights About The Opioid Crisis, contains several insightful articles about opioid use disorder, treatment, harm reduction, and more. All articles in this issue are open access so they're available to the public free of charge.
As journal editor-in-chief Donald Metz writes:
"Although recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show signs of a reduction in annual opioid overdose deaths beginning in mid-2023, those rates remain above where they were when the opioid epidemic was declared a public health emergency in 2017. Beyond the mortality data, millions of Americans use opioids and could benefit from harm reduction and treatment services. This issue addresses a range of topics surrounding the ongoing crisis."