Aims Accidental drug overdose contributes substantially to mortality among drug users. Multi‐
drug use has been documented as a key risk factor in overdose and overdose mortality in …

Aims To determine the contribution of heroin, prescription opioids, cocaine and alcohol/drug
combinations to the total overdose death rate and identify changes in drug overdose …

OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated factors associated with accidental fatal drug overdose
among a cohort of injection drug users (IDUs). METHODS: In a prospective cohort study of …

Context Use and abuse of prescription narcotic analgesics have increased dramatically in
the United States since 1990. The effect of this pharmacoepidemic has been most …

Death certificate data from the Multiple Cause of Death (MCOD) files were analyzed to better
understand the drug categories most responsible for the increase in fatal overdoses …

Data from the National Vital Statistics System, Mortality• From 2009 through 2019, the rate of
overdose deaths involving both cocaine and opioids increased at a faster pace than the rate …

Objectives To examine the relationship between non-fatal overdose and risk of subsequent
fatal overdose. Methods We assessed risk factors for overdose death among two …

Background. Drug overdose is an important, yet an inadequately understood, public health
problem. Global attention to unintentional drug overdose has been limited by comparison …

Aims To examine trends and recent changes in non‐fatal and fatal stimulant overdose rates
with and without opioids to improve the descriptive characterization of the US overdose …

Drug overdose is a major cause of premature death and morbidity among heroin users. This
article examines recent research into heroin overdose to inform interventions that will reduce …