Background Illicit drug poisoning (overdose) continues to be an important public health
problem with overdose-related deaths currently recorded at an unprecedented level …

Background Unintentional opioid overdose death rates have increased nearly 500% in
Connecticut from 1999 to 2016, resulting in a major public health crisis. Two primary types of …

Introduction Patients who initially survive opioid-related overdose are at high risk for
subsequent mortality. Our health system aimed to evaluate the presence of disparities in …

Objectives To examine trends in polysubstance detection associated with drug-related
overdose deaths in Connecticut. Methods We used 2012–2018 data provided by …

Background Emergency department (ED) visits for opioid-related overdoses continue to rise
across the United States, particularly among Black, Latinx, and American Indian/Alaskan …

Drug overdose deaths have been rising over the past 2 decades in the United States (1-4).
This report uses the most recent data from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) to …

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

Background Drug overdose deaths involving stimulants, including cocaine and
psychostimulants with abuse potential (eg, methamphetamine), have been increasing, partly …

Drug-related overdoses are now the leading injury-related death in the USA, and many of
these deaths are associated with illicit opioids and prescription opiate pain medication. This …

Objective Opioids and stimulants are increasingly implicated in overdose deaths, particularly
among minoritized groups. We examined daily opioid and cocaine co-use, nonfatal …