Background Benzodiazepine misuse is a growing public health problem, with increases in
benzodiazepine-related overdose deaths and emergency room visits in recent years …

Background Socioeconomic marginalization (SEM) is an important but under-explored
determinant of opioid overdose with important implications for health equity and associated …

BACKGROUND: Prescription opioids are the most frequently misused class of prescription
drugs amongst young adults. Initiation into prescription opioid misuse is an important public …

This article has been corrected. The original version (PDF) is appended to this article as a
Supplement. Chinese translation Background: Opioid overdose is a leading cause of …

Objective: We sought to describe an emerging drug use pattern characterized by injection of
both methamphetamine and heroin. We examined differences in drug injection patterns by …

The opioid overdose epidemic is typically described as having occurred in 3 waves, with
morbidity and mortality accruing over time principally from prescription opioids (1999–2010) …

Background Opioid and methamphetamine co-use is increasing across the USA with
overdoses involving these drugs also rising. West Virginia (WV) has led the US in opioid …

In the United States, lawbreakers are treated as social isolates, and the sentences imposed
upon them are conceived of as affecting a discrete individual. However, people who commit …

This paper is the 28th consecutive installment of the annual review of research concerning
the endogenous opioid system, now spanning over a quarter-century of research. It …

Background Unintentional drug overdoses have reached epidemic levels in the US This
study tests the hypothesis that people who have used non-prescribed buprenorphine more …