This article explores trends and correlates of Chicago's opiate-related overdose (OD)
deaths. We manually examined data from every death certificate filed between 1999 and …

Abstract 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 …

Drug overdose is now the leading cause of unintentional death nationwide, driven by
increased prescription opioid overdoses. To better understand urban opioid overdose …

Background: Reports indicate a geographic effect of socioeconomic inequalities on the
occurrence of opioid-related fatal overdoses. This study aims to (1) estimate the rates of …

We examine ambulance runs for suspected opiate overdose from 1997 to 2002 using a
Rhode Island Department of Health database. Of the 8,763 ambulance runs for overdoses …

Heroin and other opiates are central nervous system depressants; in an opiate overdose,
respiration slows, potentially resulting in hypoxia, coma, or death. In 1998, 140 deaths from …

OBJECTIVES: The current study examines the prevalence and correlates of witnessing and
experiencing opiate overdoses among a sample of young, injection drug users (IDUs) and …

Numerous reports have documented the rise in medical and non-medical use of opioids in
the United States since the early 1990s. Geographic variations in the medical and non …

Heroin-related overdose is the single largest cause of accidental death in San Francisco.
We examined demographic, location, nontoxicological, and toxicological characteristics of …

Since 1997, poisoning, particularly from heroin and other opioids, has been the leading
cause of injury mortality in Massachusetts. Our aim was to describe recent trends in opioid …