Background Over the course of the past decade, psychostimulants such as
methamphetamines have been increasingly reported in overdose deaths in the United …

Purpose This study was conducted to determine how the recently reported increase in drug
poisoning mortality rates in the United States varied by degree of urbanization. Although …

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 …

Objectives. To assess trends in cocaine overdose deaths and examine the role opioids play
in these deaths. Methods. We used data on drug overdose deaths in the United States from …

Background: The drug overdose mortality rate tripled between 1990 and 2006; prescription
opioids have driven this epidemic. We examined the period 1990–2006 to inform our …

Background From 1999 to 2017, more than 400,000 Americans died from a drug overdose
death involving an opioid. Early surveillance studies have observed large variations in …

Nationally, death rates from prescription opioid pain reliever (OPR) overdoses quadrupled
during 1999–2010, whereas rates from heroin overdoses increased by< 50%.* Individual …

Introduction An important barrier to formulating effective policies to address the rapid rise in
US fatal overdoses is that the specific drugs involved are frequently not identified on death …

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