Abstract Purpose of Review Pharmacological therapy for acute pain carries the risk of opioid
misuse, with opioid use disorder (OUD) reaching epidemic proportions worldwide in recent …

Abstract Purpose of Review Disaggregated data has increasingly confirmed the persistence
of racial and ethnic disparities in fatal drug-related overdose in the United States. Less is …

Abstract Background The United States (US) is an extreme global outlier for drug-related
death rates. However, data describing drug-related deaths are generally available only on …

Introduction Dramatic increases in US drug overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids,
especially fentanyl, beginning around 2014 have driven a marked progression in overall …

The fourth wave of the United States overdose crisis—driven by the polysubstance use of
fentanyl with stimulants and other synthetic substances—has driven sharply escalating …

Abstract Background and Objectives Spanish is the second most spoken language in the
United States. Not all substance use disorder (SUD) treatment facilities provide treatment in …

Background People with substance use disorders (SUDs) frequently use emergency
department (ED) services. Despite evidence demonstrating that post-discharge SUD …

Objective: This commentary seeks to evaluate existing knowledge about the relationship
between brain injury (BI) and overdose (OD), to unify distant bodies of literature, and to …

Abstract Background and Objectives This study estimated years of life lost (YLL) among US
Latinx individuals during the most recent wave of drug overdose deaths. Methods A serial …

Purpose: Continued high opioid overdose death rates in the United States and increasing
New York State (NYS) Latino opioid overdoses make the facilitation of Latino access to NYS …