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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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The Bronze Age of drug checking: barriers and facilitators to implementing advanced drug checking amidst police violence and COVID-19

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Objectives Unpredictable fluctuations in the illicit drug market increase overdose risk. Drug checking, or the use of technology to provide insight into the contents of illicit drug products, is an overdose prevention strategy with an emerging evidence ...
Jennifer J. Carroll, Sarah Mackin, Clare Schmidt, Michelle McKenzie, Traci C. Green   +4 more
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Associations between prescription stimulant use as prescribed, nonmedical use, and illicit stimulant use among adults evaluated for substance use treatment, 2017-2021

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 2023
Background: Limited data exist on risk factors for illicit stimulant use, including associations between prescription stimulant use/nonmedical use (NMU) and illicit stimulant use.
Cassandra M. Pickens, Christopher M. Jones, Gery P. Guy, Jr., Taryn Dailey Govoni, Jody L. Green   +4 more
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Unintentional ingestion of putative delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol by two youth requiring critical care: a case report

Journal of Cannabis Research, 2023
Background Delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is a psychoactive cannabinoid from the cannabis plant that can be synthetically converted from cannabidiol (CBD).
Erin K. Bradley, Brooke E. Hoots, Evan S. Bradley, Douglas R. Roehler   +3 more
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Prevention of Fatal Opioid Overdose [PDF]

JAMA, 2012
Opioid overdose is a burgeoning public health crisis, accounting for at least 16 000 deaths annually in the United States.1 Opioid overdose occurs across sex, ethnic, age, and geographic strata and involves both medical and nonmedical opioid use. To date, federal government response has focused primarily on monitoring and securing the drug supply.1 ...
Leo, Beletsky, Josiah D, Rich, Alexander Y, Walley   +2 more
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Countermeasures for Preventing and Treating Opioid Overdose [PDF]

Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2020
The only medication available currently to prevent and treat opioid overdose (naloxone) was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) nearly 50 years ago. Because of its pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties, naloxone has limited utility under some conditions and would not be effective to counteract mass casualties involving large ...
France, Charles P., Ahern, Gerard P., Averick, Saadyah, Disney, Alex, Enright, Heather A., Esmaeli‐Azad, Babak, Federico, Arianna, Gerak, Lisa R., Husbands, Stephen M., Kolber, Benedict, Lau, Edmond Y., Lao, Victoria, Maguire, David R., Malfatti, Michael A., Martinez, Girardo, Mayer, Brian P., Pravetoni, Marco, Sahibzada, Niaz, Skolnick, Phil, Snyder, Evan Y., Tomycz, Nestor, Valdez, Carlos A., Zapf, Jim   +22 more
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Prevention of Opioid Overdose

New England Journal of Medicine, 2019
Prevention of Opioid Overdose This review explains harm-reduction strategies for three groups of patients: those who have not received previous opioid therapy, those receiving long-term opioid ther...
Kavita M. Babu, Jeffrey Brent, David N. Juurlink   +2 more
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Feasibility and Acceptability of an Overdose Prevention Intervention Delivered by Community Pharmacists for Patients Prescribed Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain

Pharmacy, 2023
There have been increases in prescriptions of high strength opioids for chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP), but CNCP patients perceive themselves as being at low risk of opioid overdose and generally have limited overdose awareness.
Joe Schofield, Tessa Parkes, Fiona Mercer, Rebecca Foster, Kristina Hnízdilová, Catriona Matheson, Wez Steele, Andrew McAuley, Fiona Raeburn, Lucy Skea, Alexander Baldacchino   +10 more
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A scoping review of factors that influence opioid overdose prevention for justice-involved populations

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2021
Background There is a high risk of death from opioid overdose following release from prison. Efforts to develop and implement overdose prevention programs for justice-involved populations have increased in recent years.
Christine E. Grella, Erika Ostlie, Christy K. Scott, Michael L. Dennis, John Carnevale, Dennis P. Watson   +5 more
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The POP (Permanent Supportive Housing Overdose Prevention) Study: protocol for a hybrid type 3 stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial

Implementation Science, 2023
Background Permanent supportive housing (PSH)—subsidized housing paired with support services such as case management—is a key part of national strategic plans to end homelessness. PSH tenants face high overdose risk due to a confluence of individual and
Kelly M. Doran, Allison Torsiglieri, Stephanie Blaufarb, Patricia Hernandez, Emily Melnick, Lauren Velez, Charles M. Cleland, Charles Neighbors, Megan A. O’Grady, Donna Shelley   +9 more
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