Drug overdose deaths have been rising over the past 2 decades in the United States (1-4).
This report uses the most recent data from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) to …

Pharmaceutical opioids are intravenously or orally administered analgesics. While they are
effective in relieving chronic and acute pain, their narrow window of therapeutic use …

Background At the beginning of the opioid overdose epidemic, overdose mortality rates
were higher in urban than in rural areas. We examined the association between residence …

Background In the United States, both drug overdose mortality and injection-involved drug
overdose mortality have increased nationally over the past 25 years. Despite documented …

Background—This project sought to assess needs, perceived challenges, and priorities
regarding substance use disorder (SUD) in East Texas and develop a community-driven …

Objectives. To identify relationships between US states' COVID-19 in-person activity
limitation and economic support policies and drug overdose deaths among working-age …

Background Opioid overdose deaths in the United States remain a major public health crisis.
Little is known about counties with high rates of opioid overdose mortality but low availability …

Over the last decade, Canada has experienced a substantial increase in people dying from
substance-related acute toxicity. Examining mortality rates by area-level characteristics can …

The objective of this study was to understand barriers to healthcare and social service
utilization among older adults residing in rural areas who use drugs. A cross-sectional …

We provide a brief orientation to the articles that comprise this volume, which is an effort to
understand the consequences of the opioid epidemic in a variety of societal and community …