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Localized Syndemic Assemblages: COVID-19, Substance Use Disorder, and Overdose Risk in Small-Town America

Andrew Burns, Kat Albrecht
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences December 2022, 8 (8) 245-262; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2022.8.8.11
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aResearch associate at Louisiana State University, United States
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bAssistant professor of criminal justice and criminology at Georgia State University, United States
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vol. 8 no. 8 245-262
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https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2022.8.8.11

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2377-8253
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  • Published online December 15, 2022.

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© 2022 Russell Sage Foundation. Burns, Andrew, and Kat Albrecht. 2022. “Localized Syndemic Assemblages: COVID-19, Substance Use Disorder, and Overdose Risk in Small-Town America.” RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 8(8): 245–62. DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2022.8.8.11. The authors of this article would like to recognize the people of Sandusky, Ohio, for their ongoing willingness to share their insights and the candor with which they relate their experiences. We also dedicate this article to the memory of Zachary, a committed participant in this study and a dear friend. Direct correspondence to: Andrew Burns, at aburn38@lsu.edu, 7878 La Salle Avenue, #236, Baton Rouge, LA 70806, United States. Open Access Policy: RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences is an open access journal. This article is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

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  2. Kat Albrechtb
  1. aResearch associate at Louisiana State University, United States
  2. bAssistant professor of criminal justice and criminology at Georgia State University, United States
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    Andrew Burns, (aburn38{at}lsu.edu)
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Andrew Burns, Kat Albrecht
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Dec 2022, 8 (8) 245-262; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2022.8.8.11

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RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Dec 2022, 8 (8) 245-262; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2022.8.8.11
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    • THE SHIFTING OVERDOSE EPIDEMIC
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