Background Polysubstance involvement is increasing among fatal drug overdoses.
However, little is known about the epidemiology of polysubstance drug overdoses. This …

Introduction Increasing disparities within and between racial/ethnic groups in overdose
deaths underscore the need to identify drivers and patterns to optimize overdose prevention …

Objectives. To examine the state-level history of US overdose deaths involving stimulants
with and without opioids from 1999 to 2020. Methods. We used death certificate data from …

Abstract Background Since 2010, Black persons in the United States have had a greater
increase in opioid overdose–related mortality than other groups, but national-level evidence …

Context: In recent years, due to an alarming increase in the number of opioid-related
overdose fatalities for White, Non-Hispanics in rural and suburban communities across the …

Objectives: To elucidate the main latent classes of substances detected among overdose
decedents, and latent class associations with age, sex, race, and jurisdiction of death in …

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 …

Background This study compared drug overdose mortality rates in Puerto Rican-heritage
and Non-Hispanic (NH) White individuals in the United States (US), examining time trends …

The US drug overdose crisis has been described as a national disaster that has affected all
communities. But overdose rates are higher among some subpopulations and in some …

Background: The opioid epidemic continues to be an ongoing public health crisis in the
United States. Initially, large increases in overdose death rates were observed in largely …