Death from opiate overdose is a tremendous source of mortality, with a heightened risk in
the weeks following incarceration. The goal of this study is to assess overdose experience …

People leaving incarceration are at high risk of opioid-related overdose. Overdose fatalities
are preventable with administration of naloxone. In response to this risk, overdose education …

Background Incarceration is common among people who inject drugs. Prior research has
shown that incarceration is a marker of elevated risk for opioid overdose, suggesting that the …

Background Drug-induced and drug-related deaths have been increasing for the past
decade throughout the US. In NYC, drug overdose accounts for nearly 900 deaths per year …

This is a brief report on the establishment of a new program in New York State prisons to
prepare prisoners to avoid the increased risks of drug overdose death associated with the …

Abstract Background and Aims Naloxone is an opioid antagonist used for emergency
resuscitation following opioid overdose. Prisoners with a history of heroin injection have a …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss overdose among those with criminal justice
experience and recommend harm reduction strategies to lessen overdose risk among this …

Background High overdose mortality after release from state prison systems is well
documented; however, little is known about overdose mortality following release from local …

BACKGROUND: In response to the high rates of opiate-related overdoses and deaths in the
United States, a number of overdose prevention programmes have been implemented that …

Background Opioid overdose is a leading cause of death among injection drug users. Over
half of injection drug users report at least one nonfatal overdose during their lifetime. Death …