Community-based overdose prevention programs first emerged in the 1990's and are now
the leading public health intervention for overdose. Key elements of these programs are …

Over the past 25 years, naloxone has emerged as a critical lifesaving overdose antidote.
Public health advocates and community activists established early methods for naloxone …

The opioid use and overdose crisis is persistent and dynamic. Opioid overdoses were
initially driven in the 1990s and 2000s by the increasing availability and misuse of …

Drug overdose death rates have increased steadily in the United States since 1979. In 2008,
a total of 36,450 drug overdose deaths (ie, unintentional, intentional [suicide or homicide], or …

Background The USA has recently entered the third decade of the opioid epidemic. Opioid
overdose deaths reached a new record of over 74,000 in a 12-month period ending April …

North America is experiencing an unprecedented overdose crisis driven by the proliferation
of fentanyl and its analogues in the illicit drug supply. In 2018 there were 67,367 drug …

Opioid overdose deaths have been on the rise in the United States since 1999. Naloxone is
a competitive opioid antagonist that rapidly reverses opioid overdose. The implementation of …

Background: The CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain recommends
considering prescribing naloxone when factors that increase risk for overdose are present …

Background As physicians have increased opioid prescribing, overdose deaths from
pharmaceutical opioids have substantially increased in the United States. Naloxone …

Background In response to the opioid epidemic, naloxone distribution programs aim to
prevent overdose death by making naloxone available and training people to use it. Peers of …