Methamphetamine use in the United States: epidemiological update and implications for prevention, treatment, and harm reduction

CM Jones, D Houry, B Han, G Baldwin… - Annals of the New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Recent attention has focused on the growing role of psychostimulants, such as
methamphetamine in overdose deaths. Methamphetamine is an addictive and potent …

Increasing overdose deaths among Black Americans: a review of the literature

JB Gibbons, SJ Harris, KT Solomon… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
In 2020, opioid overdose fatalities among Black Americans surpassed those among White
Americans for the first time in US history. This Review analyses the academic literature on …

Racial/ethnic and geographic trends in combined stimulant/opioid overdoses, 2007–2019

T Townsend, D Kline, A Rivera-Aguirre… - American journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract In the United States, combined stimulant/opioid overdose mortality has risen
dramatically over the last decade. These increases may particularly affect non-Hispanic …

Charting the fourth wave: Geographic, temporal, race/ethnicity and demographic trends in polysubstance fentanyl overdose deaths in the United States, 2010–2021

J Friedman, CL Shover - Addiction, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To characterize polysubstance death in the United States during the transition to the
fourth wave of the drug overdose crisis. To characterize co‐involved substances in fatal …

The continued rise of methamphetamine use among people who use heroin in the United States

JC Strickland, WW Stoops, KE Dunn, KE Smith… - Drug and alcohol …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Methamphetamine use is a growing public health concern in the United States.
Prior analyses with nationally representative data from 2015 to 2017 suggested that …

[HTML][HTML] Lay knowledge and practices of methamphetamine use to manage opioid-related overdose risks

R Daniulaityte, SM Silverstein, K Getz… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Aim Methamphetamine use has increased among individuals with opioid use disorder. The
key aims of this study are to detail and contextualise lay knowledge, attitudes, and …

[HTML][HTML] Examining prevalence and correlates of smoking opioids in British Columbia: opioids are more often smoked than injected

S Parent, K Papamihali, B Graham… - … Treatment, Prevention, and …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background British Columbia (BC) is in the midst of an opioid overdose crisis. Since
2017, smoking illicit drugs has been the leading mode of drug administration causing …

Amphetamines modulate fentanyl-depressed respiration in a bidirectional manner

HJ Elder, NB Varshneya, DM Walentiny… - Drug and alcohol …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background The opioid epidemic remains one of the most pressing public health crises
facing the United States. Fentanyl and related synthetic opioid agonists have largely driven …

[HTML][HTML] Patterns of and rationale for the co-use of methamphetamine and opioids: findings from qualitative interviews in New Mexico and Nevada

BD Rhed, RW Harding, C Marks, KT Wagner… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Methamphetamine use and methamphetamine-involved deaths have increased
dramatically since 2015, and opioid-related deaths now frequently involve …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of methamphetamine use on medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) treatment retention: a scoping review

C Russell, J Law, S Imtiaz, J Rehm, B Le Foll… - Addiction science & …, 2023 - Springer
Background An emerging public health threat of methamphetamine/opioid co-use is
occurring in North America, including increases in overdoses related to concomitant …