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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 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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Association between daily ambient temperature and drug overdose in Tokyo: a time-series study

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 2022
Background: Previous studies have reported that high ambient temperature is associated with increased risk of suicide; however, the association has not been extensively investigated with drug overdose which is the most common method of unsuccessful ...
Ananya Roy, Md Ashraful Alam, Yoonhee Kim, Masahiro Hashizume   +3 more
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Personal experience and awareness of opioid overdose occurrence among peers and willingness to administer naloxone in South Africa: findings from a three-city pilot survey of homeless people who use drugs

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Background Drug overdoses occur when the amount of drug or combination of drugs consumed is toxic and negatively affects physiological functioning. Opioid overdoses are responsible for the majority of overdose deaths worldwide.
Michael Wilson, Amanda Brumwell, M. J. Stowe, Shaun Shelly, Andrew Scheibe   +4 more
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Drug overdose among women in intimate relationships: The role of partner violence, adversity and relationship dependencies.

PLoS ONE, 2019
BackgroundThis study examines the relationship between experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV), exposure to prior childhood adversity, lifetime adverse experiences, drug-related relationship dependencies with intimate partners and overdose ...
Nabila El-Bassel, Phillip L Marotta, Dawn Goddard-Eckrich, Mingway Chang, Tim Hunt, Ewin Wu, Louisa Gilbert   +6 more
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Provincial Overdose Cohort: Population Data Linkage During an Overdose Crisis

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2020
Introduction In 2016, the Provincial Overdose Cohort (ODC) was created following the declaration of the public health emergency in British Columbia (BC), Canada.
Chloé Xavier, Bin Zhao, Wen Qi Gan, Amanda Slaunwhite   +3 more
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Evaluation of factors related to overdose in patients with impaired consciousness who are transported by emergency medical services: an age-specific research

Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences, 2021
Background Drug overdose accounts for most of the admissions to the emergency department. Prescription drugs, most of which are psychotropic medications, are often misused for drug overdose.
Kazuki Nagashima, Megumi Sumida, Shoichi Imanaka, Tatsuro Kuwabara, Ichiro Kaneko, Yasufumi Miyake, Nobuhiro Yasuno, Fumio Itagaki, Machiko Watanabe   +8 more
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Characteristics of inmates witnessing overdose events in prison: implications for prevention in the correctional setting

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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Exploring the Influence of Drug Trafficking Gangs on Overdose Deaths in the Largest Narcotics Market in the Eastern United States

Social Sciences, 2020
Research has found that drug markets tend to cluster in space, potentially because of the profit that can be made when customers are drawn to areas with multiple suppliers.
Nicole J. Johnson, Caterina G. Roman, Alyssa K. Mendlein, Courtney Harding, Melissa Francis, Laura Hendrick   +5 more
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Drug overdose resulting in quadriplegia [PDF]

European Spine Journal, 2012
To describe a case of cervical flexion myelopathy resulting from a drug overdose.A 56-year-old male presented to the emergency department unable to move his extremities following drug overdose. Neurological examination revealed him to be at C6 ASIA A spinal cord injury.
Jessica Moreno, Betsy H. Grunch, Oren N. Gottfried, Teresa S. Wang, Carlos A. Bagley   +4 more
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