In recent years, life expectancy in the United States has stagnated, followed by three
consecutive years of decline. The decline is small in absolute terms but is unprecedented …

The US opioid crisis came in three waves—prescription opioids, heroin, and illicitly
manufactured fentanyls—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Disease …

Importance US life expectancy has not kept pace with that of other wealthy countries and is
now decreasing. Objective To examine vital statistics and review the history of changes in …

Background Since 2010, the rate of improvement in life expectancy in the UK has slowed.
We aimed to put this trend in the context of changes over the long term and in relation to a …

Without the opioid epidemic, American life expectancy would not have declined prior to
2020. The epidemic was sparked by the development and marketing of a new generation of …

This study is the seventh report on fatal poisonings among drug addicts in the Nordic
countries. In this report, we analyse data from the five Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland …

THE FIRST DECADES of the twenty-first century have been a challenging period for
American mortality. Life expectancy in the United States ranked 30th in the world in 2010 …

Background Though overdose rates have been increasing in US rural areas for two
decades, little is known about the rural risk environment for overdoses. This qualitative study …

Background Internationally, many supervised consumption services (SCS) include drug
inhalation (smoking). However, most research is focused on SCS for people who inject …

Despite considerable scientific interest in documenting growing despair among US adults,
far less attention has been paid to defining despair and identifying appropriate measures …