Background Florida, the epicenter of the recent prescription drug epidemic in the United
States, maintains a statewide drug mortality surveillance system. We evaluated yearly …

Abstract Introduction and Aims. To examine the overall mortality and causes of deaths of a
large cohort of users of illicit drugs in Stockholm over 37 years. Design and Methods. People …

Purpose Nationwide data have been lacking on drug abuse (DA)-associated mortality. We
do not know the degree to which this excess mortality results from the characteristics of drug …

Fatal overdose and drug-related mortality are key harms associated with heroin use,
especially injecting drug use (IDU), and are a significant contribution to premature mortality …

Aims To review the literature on mortality among dependent or regular users of opioids
across regions, according to specific causes, and related to a number of demographic and …

Aims To estimate pooled all‐cause and cause‐specific mortality risk for people with regular
or problematic cocaine use. Methods Systematic review and meta‐analysis of prospective or …

Importance Heroin use is an urgent concern in the United States. Little is know about the
course of heroin use, heroin use disorder, and associated factors. Objective To examine …

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 …

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 …

Background The mortality risk is high among individuals dependent on heroin, and suicide
is a severe consequence of long-term heroin use. We estimated the incidence of suicide …