Decline in US Drug Overdose Deaths by Region, Substance, and Demographics.
This cross-sectional study investigates when the recent declines in US drug overdose death rates began and whether rate changes differed by census region, drug type, and decedent demographics.
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Detection of Illegally Manufactured Fentanyls and Carfentanil in Drug Overdose Deaths - United States, 2021-2024. [PDF]
During 2023, approximately 72,000, or nearly seven in 10, drug overdose deaths in the United States were estimated to involve illegally manufactured fentanyls (IMFs).
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Understanding and Addressing Widening Racial Inequalities in Drug Overdose. [PDF]
The fourth wave of the United States overdose crisis-driven by the polysubstance use of fentanyl with stimulants and other synthetic substances-has driven sharply escalating racial/ethnic inequalities in drug overdose death rates.
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Routes of Drug Use Among Drug Overdose Deaths - United States, 2020-2022. [PDF]
Preliminary reports indicate that more than 109,000 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States in 2022; nearly 70% of these involved synthetic opioids other than methadone, primarily illegally manufactured fentanyl and fentanyl analogs (IMFs ...
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Experience of Personal Loss Due to Drug Overdose Among US Adults.
This cross-sectional study uses data from a nationally representative survey to evaluate the proportion of US adults who know someone who died of a drug overdose and whether this experience is associated with viewing addiction as an important policy ...
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Rising drug overdose deaths in chronic liver disease in the United States, 2015-2023. [PDF]
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Estimated Number of Children Who Lost a Parent to Drug Overdose in the US From 2011 to 2021.
Importance Parents' overdose death can have a profound short- and long-term impact on their children, yet little is known about the number of children who have lost a parent to drug overdose in the US.
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Trends in Drug Overdose Deaths Among US Adolescents, January 2010 to June 2021
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Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 1999-2020.
Deaths from drug overdose continue to contribute to overall mortality and the lowering of life expectancy in the United States (1-4). This report uses the most recent data from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) to update statistics on deaths ...
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Decriminalization or more treatment? Comparing 2 approaches to the drug overdose crisis. [PDF]
Caswell C, Krausz RM, Leyton M.
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