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Opioid-overdose laws association with opioid use and overdose mortality [PDF]

Addictive Behaviors, 2018
Since the 1990's, governmental and non-governmental organizations have adopted several measures to increase access to the opioid overdose reversal medication naloxone. These include the implementation of laws that increase layperson naloxone access and overdose-specific Good Samaritan laws that protect those reporting overdoses from criminal sanction ...
Chandler McClellan, Barrot H. Lambdin, Mir M. Ali, Ryan Mutter, Corey S. Davis, Eliza Wheeler, Michael Pemberton, Alex H. Kral   +7 more
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Assessing knowledge, attitudes, and barriers to opioid overdose among college students [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Background College students are a key population for opioid use, misuse, and subsequent exposure to overdose events. However, their knowledge and attitudes in response to opioid overdose warrant further study. To assess this gap, we surveyed graduate and
Abass Babatunde, Amanda N. Stover, Brian Witrick, Moonseong Heo, Lior Rennert   +4 more
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The role of concomitant drugs in the aetiology of fatal heroin- and methadone- related overdose [PDF]

, 2008
Heroin and methadone poisoning are significant causes of death of young people in the United Kingdom. In a high proportion of these fatalities concomitant substances are also detected.
Oliver, Phillip
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The Association of Perceived Risk for Opioid Overdose and Subsequent Overdose Among a Cohort of Opioid Overdose Survivors Who Use Nonprescribed Opioids. [PDF]

Subst Use Addctn J
Background: Fatal opioid overdoses in the United States have rapidly increased since 1999. While several risk factors for overdose are known, the association of overdose risk perception with subsequent overdose is not well understood. Methods:
Chang YG, McMahan VM, Matheson T, Luna Marti X, Robinson M, Rolles A, Kosakowski S, Santos GM, Walley AY, Coffin PO.   +9 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Examining rural community pharmacists’ knowledge and practices in opioid overdose prevention and treatment services in the Southeastern United States [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Rural communities often face higher rates of opioid-related harm but fewer resources to address risk. Pharmacies in these areas are critical for opioid overdose prevention and treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) as they may serve as ...
Stefanie P. Ferreri, Paige Q. Ngo, Kaileigh D. Yen, Kevin Wang, Tamera D. Hughes   +4 more
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The role of increasing pharmacy and community distributed naloxone in the opioid overdose epidemic in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York City

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 2022
Background: Naloxone distributed to people at risk for opioid overdose has been associated with reduced overdose death rates; however, associations of retail pharmacy-distributed naloxone with overdose mortality have not been evaluated.
Jake R. Morgan, Christina E. Freibott, Ali Jalali, Philip J. Jeng, Alexander Y. Walley, Avik Chatterjee, Traci C. Green, Michelle L. Nolan, Benjamin P. Linas, Brandon D.L. Marshall, Sean M. Murphy   +10 more
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Harm reduction among injecting drug users - evidence of effectiveness [PDF]

, 2010
This chapter synthesises and evaluates the available direct evidence relating to the impact of needle and syringe programmes (NSPs), opioid substitution treatment (OST), drug consumption rooms (DCRs), and peer naloxone distribution (PND) on HIV/hepatitis
Rhodes, T., Kerr, Thomas, Palmateer, N., Goldberg, David J., Hedrich, Dagmar, Palmateer, Norah, Fry, Craig L, Goldberg, David, Palmateer, Norah; id_orcid, Rhodes, Tim, Goldberg, D.J., Stöver, H., Hickman, Matthew, Hutchinson, Sharon, Hall, Wayne, Hickman, M., Brentari, C., Kimber, J., Kimber, Jo, Fischer, Benedikt, Hutchinson, S.J., Stevens, Alex, Dubois-Arber, Françoise, Hutchinson, Sharon J.; id_orcid   +23 more
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The impact of opioid agonist treatment on fatal and non-fatal drug overdose among people with a history of opioid dependence in NSW, Australia, 2001-2018: findings from the OATS retrospective linkage study.

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2022
Objectives There are critical periods of mortality risk at onset and cessation of opioid agonist treatment. We aim to determine whether non-fatal overdose followed the same pattern as fatal overdose, comparing the first 4 weeks of treatment and ...
Nicola Jones, Louisa Degenhardt, Matthew Hickman, Suzanne Nielsen, Sarah Larney, Timothy Dobbins, Robert Ali   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating the impact of naloxone dispensation at public health vending machines in Clark County, Nevada

Annals of Medicine, 2022
Introduction Implementing public health vending machines (PHVMs) is an evidence-based strategy for mitigating substance use-associated morbidity and mortality via the dispensation of essential supplies to people who use drugs, including overdose ...
Sean T. Allen, Allison O’Rourke, Jessica. A. Johnson, Chelsi Cheatom, Ying Zhang, Brandon Delise, Kellie Watkins, Kathleen Reich, Rick Reich, Cassius Lockett   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Opioid overdose crises during the COVID-19 pandemic: implication of health disparities

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Background Recent data suggest a disproportionate impact of opioid overdoses on Black Americans. The study aims to describe emergency department (ED) visits at a Southern, urban ED pertaining to opioid overdose and associated health disparities.
Ishika Patel, Lauren A. Walter, Li Li
doaj   +1 more source