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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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Drug Overdose Deaths in the US During the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMA Network Open, 2022
This cross-sectional study describes the nationwide trends in drug overdose mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic by age, sex, and race and ethnicity.
B. Han, Emily B. Einstein, Christopher M. Jones, Jessica H Cotto, W. Compton, N. Volkow   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Trends in and Characteristics of Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Illicitly Manufactured Fentanyls — United States, 2019–2020

MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2021
During May 2020-April 2021, the estimated number of drug overdose deaths in the United States exceeded 100,000 over a 12-month period for the first time, with 64.0% of deaths involving synthetic opioids other than methadone (mainly illicitly manufactured
J. O'Donnell, Lauren J. Tanz, R. Gladden, N. Davis, Jessica Bitting   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Xylazine, United States, 2018–2021

, 2023
This study presents trends in drug overdose death rates involving xylazine from 2018 through 2021, overall and by sex. Rates of drug overdose deaths involving xylazine are also presented by age group and race and Hispanic origin from 2020 to 2021, and by
M. Spencer, Jodi A. Cisewski, M. Warner, Matthew F Garnett   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

COVID-19 and the Drug Overdose Crisis: Uncovering the Deadliest Months in the United States, January‒July 2020.

American Journal of Public Health, 2021
Objectives. To determine the magnitude of increases in monthly drug-related overdose mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.Methods.
Joseph Friedman, Samir Akre
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Life After Losing an Adult Child to a Drug Overdose: A Kawa Perspective [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Limited research is available to occupational therapy practitioners focusing on parents’ abilities to cope with the loss of an adult child to a drug overdose.
De Brun, Jessica Nicole, Javaherian-Dysinger, Heather, Kugel, Julie D, Weis, Aaron   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Trends in drug overdose deaths among adults 65 years of age and older in Canada (2000-2022). [PDF]

Drug Alcohol Depend Rep
Background: Although young adults and middle-aged adults have borne the brunt of the drug overdose crisis in Canada, older adults are also at an increased risk of harms.
Imtiaz S, Ali F, Kaminski N, Russell C, Rehm J.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

US Trends in Drug Overdose Mortality Among Pregnant and Postpartum Persons, 2017-2020.

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2022
This study evaluates changes in overall and drug-specific overdose mortality among pregnant and postpartum persons before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
E. Bruzelius, S. Martins
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source