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 …

Depression among individuals who have been racially and ethnically minoritized in the
United States can be vastly different from that of non-Hispanic White Americans. For …

Introduction: Drug overdose deaths increased approximately 30% from 2019 to 2020 in the
United States. Examining rates by demographic and social determinants of health …

Importance Health inequities exist for racial and ethnic minorities and persons with lower
educational attainment due to differential exposure to economic, social, structural, and …

Objectives. To determine the magnitude of increases in monthly drug-related overdose
mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Methods. We leveraged …

To prevent medically significant COVID-19 illness and death, persons must understand their
risk, take steps to protect themselves and others with vaccines, therapeutics, and …

Abstract In the United States, combined stimulant/opioid overdose mortality has risen
dramatically over the last decade. These increases may particularly affect non-Hispanic …

Social discourse about the opioid crisis in the US has focused on White populations, even
though opioid-related deaths have grown at a higher rate among people of color than …

Increasing attention to systemic racism in the United States in all aspects of life has
sharpened focus on its effects on the health outcomes of Black, Latinx, and Indigenous …

Background There is pressing need to improve hospital-based addiction care. Various
models for integrating substance use disorder care into hospital settings exist, but there is no …