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As Michigan joins the nation in seeking solutions to the opioid crisis, researchers at the University of Michigan have come up with an important tool for policymakers and leaders.

It's a study that identifies counties considered "high-risk" in the opioid epidemic¹. The study says nearly 30% of Michigan counties fall into that category.

Rebecca Haffajee, an assistant professor of health management and policy at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, co-authored the study.

It categorizes counties as "high risk" if they have both high opioid overdose mortality rates, and low capacity to treat opioid addiction² with medications like methadone and buprenorphine.

These medications and treatments for opioid addiction can vastly reduce mortality by 40 to 50%, Haffajee said. So we wanted to come up with a combined measure of what counties had both risk factors.

Twenty-four of Michigan's 83 counties were categorized as high-risk, one of the highest rates in the country.

What that tells us is, despite having high overdose mortality here and we've been among the top 15 states in the country for many years now that we haven't caught up in terms of having enough treatment providers to try to mitigate³ those risks, said Haffajee.

Most of those high risk counties are in the Lower Peninsula, and in metropolitan⁴ regions. That second finding was surprising, said Haffajee. While rural counties in Michigan have fewer treatment options, 71% had zero publicly listed providers as of 2017, metropolitan counties had much higher mortality rates. Haffajee says that's due to a spike⁵ in fentanyl and synthetic⁶ availability in those areas.

1 epidemic   

n.流行病；盛行；adj.流行性的，流传极广的

参考例句：

• That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
• The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。

2 addiction   

n.上瘾入迷，嗜好

参考例句：

• He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
• Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。

3 mitigate   

vt.（使）减轻，（使）缓和

参考例句：

• The government is trying to mitigate the effects of inflation.政府正试图缓和通货膨胀的影响。
• Governments should endeavour to mitigate distress.政府应努力缓解贫困问题。

4 metropolitan   

adj.大城市的，大都会的

参考例句：

• Metropolitan buildings become taller than ever.大城市的建筑变得比以前更高。
• Metropolitan residents are used to fast rhythm.大都市的居民习惯于快节奏。

5 spike   

n.长钉，钉鞋；v.以大钉钉牢，使...失效

参考例句：

• The spike pierced the receipts and held them in order.那个钉子穿过那些收据并使之按顺序排列。
• They'll do anything to spike the guns of the opposition.他们会使出各种手段来挫败对手。

6 synthetic   

adj.合成的，人工的；综合的；n.人工制品

参考例句：

• We felt the salesman's synthetic friendliness.我们感觉到那位销售员的虚情假意。
• It's a synthetic diamond.这是人造钻石。