BACKGROUND: Drug users in clinical samples have elevated mortality compared with the
general population, but little is known about mortality among users of drugs within the …

Aims To characterize mortality experience among those who only recently started injection.
Design Prospective study. Setting Independent study clinic within high drug use …

To quantify the risk of death among recent-onset (< 5 years) injection drug users, we
enrolled 2089 injection drug users (IDUs) age≤ 35 years (minimum age= 18 years) …

ABSTRACT Background Since 1999, over 702,000 people in the US have died of a drug
overdose, and the drug overdose death rate has increased from 6.2 to 21.8 per 100,000 …

Drug-induced deaths include all deaths for which drugs are the underlying cause (1),
including deaths attributable to acute poisoning by drugs (drug overdoses) and deaths from …

Background Cocaine-involved overdose mortality has recently risen in the United States
(US), yet it is unclear to what extent patterns in cocaine-involved overdose mortality parallel …

Introduction While the impacts of illicit drug use on mortality have been well described, the
impact of poly-substance that includes alcohol has received less attention. We examined the …

Abstract Introduction and Aims. Experiencing previous non‐fatal overdoses have been
identified as a predictor of subsequent non‐fatal overdoses; however, few studies have …

Data from the 1997 to 2004 National Health Interview Survey Sample Adult questionnaires
were linked to the National Death Index (N= 242,397) to examine mortality risks associated …

Background We investigated the association between social determinants and a broad
selection of drug-related deaths in a general population. Methods We conducted a follow-up …