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

The historical patterns of opiate use show that sources and methods of access greatly
influence who is at risk. Today, there is evidence that an enormous increase in the …

Aims This study assessed overdose and naloxone administration knowledge among current
or former opioid abusers trained and untrained in overdose–response in the United States …

Abstract Background and Aims Heroin‐related overdose is linked to polydrug use, changes
in physiological tolerance and social factors. Individual risk can also be influenced by the …

Objectives Injury related to violent acts is a problem in every society. Although some authors
have examined the geography of violent crime, few have focused on the spatio-temporal …

Opioid overdoses are the leading cause of unintentional death in the US This research
investigates the effects of state-level Naloxone access laws on opioid overdose death rates …

Objective. To examine the extent to which US methadone maintenance facilities meet
established standards for minimum dosages, 1988–2005. Data Source. Data were collected …

Background: The rapid growth of opioid abuse and the related mortality across the United
States has spurred the development of predictive models for the allocation of public health …

We recently encountered a subject who died from an uncommon misuse of a fentanyl
transdermal patch, chewing, followed by complications of aspiration of the patch. We report …

Compared to national findings, Chicago has both a higher rate of opioid-related overdose
death and a markedly different distribution by demographics. The Chicago Department of …