A 'fourth wave'of high mortality involving methamphetamine and cocaine use has been
gathering force in the USA. Availability and use of illicit fentanyls are still the major drivers of …

Relationship between Nonmedical Prescription-Opioid Use and Heroin Use | New England
Journal of Medicine Skip to main content Access provided byTE WHATU ORA HEALTH NEW …

The US mortality rate has gone up three years in a row from 2014 to 2017 (Xu, Murphy,
Kochanek, & Arias, 2016; Murphy, Xu, Kochanek, & Arias, 2018; Kochanek, Murphy, Xu, & …

The accepted wisdom about the US overdose crisis singles out prescribing as the causative
vector. Although drug supply is a key factor, we posit that the crisis is fundamentally fueled …

Background The use of prescription opioid medications has increased greatly in the United
States during the past two decades; in 2010, there were 16,651 opioid-related deaths. In …

Importance Over the past several years, there have been a number of mainstream media
reports that the abuse of heroin has migrated from low-income urban areas with large …

Importance Opioid analgesic overdose mortality continues to rise in the United States, driven
by increases in prescribing for chronic pain. Because chronic pain is a major indication for …

Background: This is the 32nd Annual Report of the American Association of Poison Control
Centers'(AAPCC) National Poison Data System (NPDS). As of 1 January 2014, 56 of the …

The misuse of prescription opioids has become a serious epidemic in the United States. In
response, states have implemented Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs), which …

Serious infection is a recognized complication of intravenous drug abuse and a major cause
of morbidity and mortality among intravenous drug users. Trends in rates of serious infection …