… ways in which stigma shows up on the front lines of the opioid crisis among first … harm
reduction. Ambivalence about the benefits of harm reduction and negative attitudes about addiction…

… types of addictions... but, again, that’s the stigma, right?”(focus group participant) •“My biggest
factor with it—all of this opioid crisis—is the fact that we’re so highly stigmatized that we do …

… addiction have contributed to recent decreases in life expectancy. To address … crisis, we
must combat the stigma attached to addiction. A large body of research indicates that this stigma …

… use stigma makes it difficult to reframe the opioid crisis as a … Groups that may benefit from
targeted stigma reduction interventions … They believed that the stigma of being a “drug addict” …

… stigma will recede and we will more effectively be able to contain our nation’s addiction crisis…
to reduce stigma and transform delivery of addiction care [13, 72]. As we face the deadliest …

… crisis and its detrimental effects, claiming tens of thousands of lives each year. Reducing
substance use stigma … is crucial to overcoming and eliminating stigma’s imposed barriers. This …

… Unlike mental health, the stigma of addiction does not target an irrefutable goal for social …
Contact seems to be a good addition to education programs meant to reduce stigma and …

… In order to design appropriate interventions to reduce stigma … experience of opioid use and
addictions. We must learn what … can do to reduce the stigma that’s associated with [the crisis], …

… reduction techniques across the country can be primarily attributed to the stigma surrounding
addiction. … We believe that an ethical response to the opioid overdose crisis should include …

… of public health responses to crises, such as overdoses. Through … addiction with the addiction
science evidence-base, the authors have spent the past two years developing an addiction …