Drug overdose is now the leading cause of injury death in the United States. Most overdose
fatalities involve opioids, which include prescription medication, heroin, and illicit fentanyl …

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 …

Policy Points This article reconceptualizes our understanding of the opioid epidemic and
proposes six strategies that address the epidemic's social roots. In order to successfully …

Continued increases in overdose deaths and recent declines in life expectancy call for need
to adopt comprehensive public health approaches to the United States opioid crisis and to …

Objectives: We used data from the 2015 National Association of State Alcohol and Drug
Abuse Directors Web-based questionnaire and other sources to demonstrate the range and …

The prevalence of opioid use and misuse has provoked a staggering number of deaths over
the past two and a half decades. Much attention has focused on individual risks according to …

Background As several regulatory and environmental changes have occurred in North
America, trends in overdose deaths were examined in the United States (US), Ontario and …

The US opioid epidemic has changed profoundly in the last 3 years, in ways that require
substantial recalibration of the US policy response. This report summarizes the changing …

The opioid overdose epidemic in North America remains among the most challenging public
health issues of recent times. Sadly, all evidence points to a worsening of the epidemic, 1 2 …

Context: In recent years, due to an alarming increase in the number of opioid-related
overdose fatalities for White, Non-Hispanics in rural and suburban communities across the …