BACKGROUND: Overdose remains the leading cause of death among injection drug users
(IDUs) in the United States. Overdose rates are consistently high in Baltimore, MD, USA. The …

Preliminary research suggests that naloxone (Narcan), a short-acting opiate antagonist,
could be provided by prescription or distribution to heroin users to reduce the likelihood of …

Background Opioid medication to treat acutely injured patients is usual care in trauma
settings. A higher prevalence of alcohol and other substance misuse in this population …

Background Drug overdose (OD) is the leading cause of accidental death in the United
States and most of these deaths involve opioids. Despite research linking opioid abuse to …

Background People released from correctional settings are at an elevated risk of opioid
overdose death in the weeks immediately following release. However, it is not well …

Objective Misuse, abuse, and diversion of prescription drugs are large and growing public
health problems that have resulted in an overdose epidemic. We investigated whether short …

Background Despite promising findings of opioid overdose education and naloxone
distribution (OEND) programs, overdose continues to be a major cause of mortality. The …

Importance The US opioid crisis was deemed a public health emergency in 2017. More than
130 individuals in the US die daily as a result of unintentional opioid overdose deaths …

The opioid overdose epidemic is a major threat to the public's health, resulting in the
development and implementation of a variety of strategies to reduce fatal overdose [1-3] …

Drug overdose deaths in the United States have more than doubled since 1999 (1). During
2013, 43,982 drug overdose deaths (unintentional, intentional [suicide or homicide], or …