WE ARE NIRSUM
Nirsum Labs was founded in response to the US epidemic of opioid use disorder (OUD).
References
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- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (2023) https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/research/fetal-alcohol-spectrum-disorders
- The Economic Toll of the Opioid Crisis Reached Nearly $1.5 trillion in 2020 (September 22, 2022)https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/67bced7f-4232-40ea-9263-f033d280c567/jec-cost-of-opioids-issue-brief.pdf
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https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/reports/rpt42728/NSDUHDetailedTabs2022/NSDUHDetailedTabs2022/NSDUHDetTabsSect5pe2022.htm#tab5.1a
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