Objectives The drug overdose crisis with shifting patterns from primarily opioid to
polysubstance uses and COVID-19 infections are 2 concurrent public health crises in the …

Background Drug overdose is an escalating public health crisis in the United States (US).
This study evaluated the temporal trend of drug overdose-related deaths in the US, with an …

Purpose During the COVID-19 pandemic, social and economic disruption such as social
isolation, job and income losses, and increased psychological distress, may have …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic caused disruptions in the delivery of health services,
which may have adversely affected access to substance use disorder (SUD) treatment …

Importance The rate of deaths from overdose has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic,
and recent US overdose mortality rates have been markedly high. However, scant data are …

Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is co-occurring with a
drug addiction and overdose crisis. Methods We fit overdispersed Poisson models …

Background Reports analyzing drug overdose (OD) mortality data during the COVID-19
pandemic are limited. Outcomes across states are heterogenous, necessitating …

Considerable advances have been made in overdose surveillance since the article “COVID-
19 and the Drug Overdose Crisis: Uncovering the Deadliest Months in the United States …

Background There are preliminary indications that the trajectory of drug overdose-related
deaths in North America has been exacerbated due to the novel coronavirus disease …

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