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 …

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 …

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

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

In the United States in 2007, unintentional poisonings were the second leading cause of
injury death (after motor-vehicle crashes); approximately 93% of all unintentional poisoning …

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 …

Abstract Background In the United States, overdose mortality from controlled substances has
increased over the last two decades, largely involving prescription opioid analgesics …

BACKGROUND: New Mexico has the highest rate of drug-induced mortality in the United
States. The contribution of prescription drugs to the total overdose death rate has not been …

Background As several regulatory and environmental changes have occurred in North
America, trends in overdose deaths were examined in the United States (US), Ontario and …

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 …