1; Sarah B. Welch, MPH1; Ponni Arunkumar, MD2; Lori Ann Post, PhD1; Joseph M. Feinglass, PhD1 (View author affiliations)Views equals page views plus PDF downloadsIn response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Illinois enacted a stay-at-home order on March 21, 2020.* The pandemic caused some persons with opioid use disorder to experience disruptions in treatment and recovery services as well as potential loss of informal social support (1).
Furthermore, the pandemic has led to interruptions and changes in the illicit drug supply (1), which places persons using opioids at increased risk for overdose death.