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Non-fatal drug overdose among persons who inject drugs during first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City: Prevalence, risk factors

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 2023
Background: We examined non-fatal drug overdoses during the COVID-19 pandemic among persons who inject drugs (PWID) in New York City (NYC). Methods: We recruited 275 PWID through respondent driven sampling and staff outreach from Oct. 2021-Sept. 2022 and
Don Des Jarlais, Chenziheng Allen Weng, Jonathan Feelemyer, Courtney McKnight   +3 more
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New methodology to improve tracking of Veteran overdose deaths and characterization of a population of Veteran overdose decedents in San Diego County

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports
Background: National trends indicate that drug-related deaths among Veterans have been increasing from 2010 to 2019. The present study involves a recent analysis of drug mortality data for a single large Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare System.
Benjamin I. Felleman, Neal M. Doran, Octaviana Hemmy Asamsama, Elizabeth M. Oliva, Benjamin H. Han   +4 more
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Risk of Overdose-Related Death for People with A History of Incarceration

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2020
Introduction Epidemiologic studies have shown that people released from correctional facilities are at substantially increased risk of overdose-related death compared with the general population.
Wenqi Gan, Stuart Kinner, Chloé Xavier, Bin Zhao, Amanda Slaunwhite   +4 more
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Trends in drug overdose deaths among adults 65 years of age and older in Canada (2000–2022)

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports
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.
Sameer Imtiaz, Farihah Ali, Nat Kaminski, Cayley Russell, Jürgen Rehm   +4 more
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Drug supply measures and drug overdose mortality in the era of fentanyl and stimulants

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 2023
Background: Illicitly-manufactured fentanyl and stimulants have replaced prescription opioids as the primary contributors to fatal overdoses in the United States (US), yet the street supply of these substances is challenging to quantify.
Manuel Cano, Patricia Timmons, Madeline Hooten, Kaylin Sweeney   +3 more
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Estimated Number of Injection-Involved Overdose Deaths in US States From 2000 to 2020: Secondary Analysis of Surveillance Data

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
BackgroundIn the United States, both drug overdose mortality and injection-involved drug overdose mortality have increased nationally over the past 25 years.
Eric William Hall, Patrick Sean Sullivan, Heather Bradley   +2 more
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The impact of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on drug overdose-related deaths in the United States and Canada: a systematic review of observational studies and analysis of public health surveillance data

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2021
Background There are preliminary indications that the trajectory of drug overdose-related deaths in North America has been exacerbated due to the novel coronavirus disease pandemic (COVID-19).
Sameer Imtiaz, Frishta Nafeh, Cayley Russell, Farihah Ali, Tara Elton-Marshall, Jürgen Rehm   +5 more
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Cocaine- and opiate-related fatal overdose in New York City, 1990–2000

BMC Public Health, 2007
Background In New York City (NYC), the annual mortality rate is higher for accidental drug overdoses than for homicides; cocaine and opiates are the drugs most frequently associated with drug overdose deaths. We assessed trends and correlates of cocaine-
Tardiff Ken, Gross Charles, Piper Tinka, Bucciarelli Angela, Bernstein Kyle T, Galea Sandro   +5 more
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Fentanyl-driven acceleration of racial, gender and geographical disparities in drug overdose deaths in the United States.

PLOS Global Public Health, 2023
We examine trends in drug overdose deaths by race, gender, and geography in the United States during the period 2013-2020. Race and gender specific crude rates were extracted from the final National Vital Statistics System multiple cause-of-death ...
Maria R D'Orsogna, Lucas Böttcher, Tom Chou   +2 more
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A qualitative study of overdose responses among Chicago IDUs

Harm Reduction Journal, 2008
Background Opioid overdose is a leading cause of death among injection drug users. Over half of injection drug users report at least one nonfatal overdose during their lifetime.
Bigg Dan, Carlberg Suzanne, Scott Gregory, Gann Donald S, Sherman Susan G, Heimer Robert   +5 more
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