BACKGROUND: Understanding the mortality rate of methamphetamine users, especially in
relation to other drug users, is a core component of any evaluation of methamphetamine …

Over the past 40 years the rate of illicit drug use worldwide has risen dramatically, and with it
the number of deaths reported among drug-using populations. What are the clinical, ethical …

Introduction Increasing mortality rates among midlife non-Hispanic whites have been
identified but are not well understood. Methods Vital statistics data were used in 2017 to …

Some people who use illicit drugs, particularly people who inject drugs and people who are
dependent upon drugs such as cocaine, amphetamines and opioids, are at elevated risk of …

Aims To determine the total burden of illicit drug overdose mortality over the study period in
the province of British Columbia and investigate possible population‐level determinants by …

Background Heroin use and overdose deaths have increased significantly in the United
States. Assessing trends in heroin use among demographic and particular substance-using …

Background and aims Amphetamines are the second most commonly used class of illicit
drugs. We aimed to produce pooled estimates of mortality risks among people with regular …

In the present study, mortality rates and prevalence of abstinence from illicit drugs among
persons with a history of addiction to heroin, cocaine, and/or amphetamines were estimated …

We assessed mortality risk factors and excess mortality compared to the general population
in two Spanish sub-cohorts of 8,825 cocaine and heroin users (CHUs) and 11,905 only …

Background Although mortality is a known complication of illicit drug use, robust
epidemiological studies on drug-related mortality in Finland are scarce. We examined all …