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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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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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Co-involvement of Opioids in Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Cocaine and Psychostimulants, 2011-2021.

NCHS data brief, 2023
Drug overdose deaths involving cocaine and psychostimulants with abuse potential (that is, drugs such as methamphetamine, amphetamine, and methylphenidate) have risen in the past several years (1-4).
M. Spencer, A. Miniño, Matthew F Garnett   +2 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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Estimates of Drug Overdose Deaths involving Fentanyl, Methamphetamine, Cocaine, Heroin, and Oxycodone: United States, 2021

, 2023
This report provides national drug overdose death rates involving fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, and oxycodone by sex, age, race and Hispanic origin, and public health region.
M. Spencer, M. Warner, Jodi A Cisewski, A. Miniño, David Dodds, Janaka Perera, Farida B. Ahmad   +6 more
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
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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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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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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. L. Davis, Jessica Bitting   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Psychiatric intervention and repeated admission to emergency centres due to drug overdose

BJPsych Open, 2015
Background Repeated drug overdose is a major risk factor for suicide.
Akiko Kanehara, Hayato Yamana, Hideo Yasunaga, Hiroki Matsui, Shuntaro Ando, Tsuyoshi Okamura, Yousuke Kumakura, Kiyohide Fushimi, Kiyoto Kasai   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source