Background. Drug overdose is an important, yet an inadequately understood, public health
problem. Global attention to unintentional drug overdose has been limited by comparison …

We review evidence of determinants contributing to increased opioid-related mortality in the
United States and Canada between 1990 and 2013. We identified 17 determinants of opioid …

Abstract Problem/Condition: Drug overdoses are a leading cause of injury death in the
United States, resulting in approximately 52,000 deaths in 2015. Understanding differences …

Background Understanding relationships between individual-level demographic,
socioeconomic status (SES) and US opioid fatalities can inform interventions in response to …

Over the last two decades, opioid-related mortality rates have increased dramatically to
become a serious public health concern in the United States. Opioid-related mortality has …

Nonmedical prescription opioid misuse remains a growing public problem in need of action
and is concentrated in areas of US states with large rural populations such as Kentucky …

Background: Overdose deaths involving opioid pain relievers (OPR), also known as opioid
analgesics, have increased and now exceed deaths involving heroin and cocaine …

The rise of mass incarceration in the United States is one of the most critical outcomes of the
last half-century. Incarceration Nation offers the most compelling explanation of this outcome …

Objective: Increasing rates of opioid use disorders (OUDs)(abuse and dependence) among
patients prescribed opioids are a significant public health concern. We investigated the …

Background Homeless persons experience excess mortality, but US-based studies on this
topic are outdated or lack information about causes of death. To our knowledge, no studies …