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Characteristics of inmates witnessing overdose events in prison: implications for prevention in the correctional setting [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal, 2009
Background Although prevention of opiate overdose has been gaining attention as a harm reduction measure with community drug users, there is scarce information about drug overdose in prison.
Feal Jacqueline, Hernández-Viver Adriana, Albizu-García Carmen E, Rodríguez-Orengo José F   +3 more
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Drug overdose deaths in Kentucky, 2019–2024: are we back to Pre-COVID-19 levels? [PDF]

Injury Epidemiology
Background Kentucky has historically experienced a high burden of drug overdose deaths. During the first years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the state saw a 45% increase in overdose deaths in 2020, followed by an additional 15% increase in 2021.
Aaron P. Smith, Juan Lang, Carmen Canedo, Patricia R. Freeman, Lindsey R. Hammerslag, Daniel R. Harris, Amber Kizewski, Peter Rock, Nima M. Seyedtalebi, Philip M. Westgate, Jeffery Talbert, Sharon L. Walsh, Svetla Slavova   +12 more
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Using Geographically Weighted Regression to Explore County Subdivision Level Predictors of Drug Overdose Death in Connecticut, U.S.

Cybergeo, 2023
Deaths caused by drug overdoses have increased significantly over the past 2 decades in the U.S, becoming a public health concern. Existing empirical evidence examining the spatial association between the contextual correlates and drug overdose death ...
Yunliang Meng
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“A lotta people switched playing hard ball to playing Russian roulette”: Experiences with rising overdose incidence caused by drug supply changes during the COVID-19 pandemic in the San Diego-Tijuana border metroplex

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 2023
: Background: People who use drugs (PWUD) in the San Diego, USA and Tijuana, Mexico metroplex face high overdose risk related to historic methamphetamine use and relatively recent fentanyl introduction into local drug supplies.
C.J. Valasek, Samantha A. Streuli, Heather A. Pines, Steffanie A. Strathdee, Annick Borquez, Philippe Bourgois, Tara Stamos-Buesig, Carlos F. Vera, Alicia Harvey-Vera, Angela R. Bazzi   +9 more
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Predicting accidental drug overdose as the cause of fatality in near real-time using the Suspected Potential Overdose Tracker (SPOT): public health implications

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Effective responses to the worsening drug overdose epidemic require accurate and timely drug overdose surveillance data. The objectives of this paper are to describe the development, functionality, and accuracy of the Suspected Potential ...
Karli R. Hochstatter, Sonal Rastogi, Kathryn Klein, Cameron Tait-Ozer, Nabila El-Bassel, Jason Graham   +5 more
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Variation in US drug overdose mortality within and between Hispanic/Latine subgroups: A disaggregation of national data

SSM - Mental Health, 2022
This study examined differences across Latine heritage groups (i.e., Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, Central American, South American) in rates of US drug overdose mortality.The study utilized 2015–2019 mortality data from the National Center ...
Manuel Cano, Camila Gelpí-Acosta
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Dual public health crises: the overlap of drug overdose and firearm injury in Indianapolis, Indiana, 2018–2020

Injury Epidemiology, 2022
Background Drug overdose and firearm injury are two of the United States (US) most unrelenting public health crises, both of which have been compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lauren A. Magee, Bradley Ray, Philip Huynh, Daniel O’Donnell, Megan L. Ranney   +4 more
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The association of criminal justice supervision setting with overdose mortality: a longitudinal cohort study. [PDF]

, 2020
Background and aimsDespite the high prevalence of substance use among people in the US criminal justice system, little is known about the incidence of overdose mortality by use patterns, drug convictions and supervision setting.
Anderson R. N., Aos S., Bronson J., Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Kaeble D., Kaeble D., Michigan Judicial Institute, National Center for Health Statistics, Zeng Z.   +8 more
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The evolution of the overdose epidemic and CDC’s research response: a commentary

Drugs in Context, 2021
The United States drug overdose epidemic has reached an all-time high, with 2020 provisional mortality data indicating that over 90,000 lives were lost to drug overdose in the 12-months ending in December 2020. The overdose epidemic has evolved over time
Kristin M Holland, Lara DePadilla, Derrick W Gervin, Erin M Parker, Marcienne Wright   +4 more
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Management and outcome of different drug overdose cases in a tertiary care hospital – A prospective observational study

National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2022
Background: Overdose is defined as any substance that is exposed excessively, which is intended for consumption. There are many drugs which are used therapeutically, but sometimes self-harm can be done with medications such as analgesics, antiepileptics,
Vanishree B, Amirunnisa Begum
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