Zahl der Drogentoten unter US-Jugendlichen steigt dramatisch Washington – Die Zahl der an einer Drogenüberdosis gestorbenen Kinder und Jugendlichen ist in den USA dramatisch gestiegen. Von 2019 bis 2021 habe sich die Zahl der Drogentodesfälle unt...

Patterns of mortality risk among patients with substance use disorder: an opportunity for proactive patient safety? Svensson, J., Bergström, J., Kåberg, M. et al. BMC Psychiatry 22, 770 (2022). doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-04437-6 https...

USA. Hidden Fentanyl Is Driving a Fatal New Phase in US Opioid Epidemic The rise of fentanyl has brought on the most dangerous phase yet in the US’s decades-long opioid epidemic, causing a surge in overdose deaths and crippling efforts to end a d...

USA. Explosion in US adolescent overdoses, mainly fentanyl Drug overdoses among people aged 10 to 18 more than doubled in the United States between 2019 and 2021, according to a study released Thursday by health authorities, who warned in particu...

Concurrent use of opioids and stimulants and risk of fatal overdose: A cohort study.  Palis, H., Xavier, C., Dobrer, S. et al. BMC Public Health 22, 2084 (2022). doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14506-w https://bmcpublichealth.biomedce...

Drug overdose deaths in adults aged 65 and over: United States, 2000–2020.  Kramarow EA, Tejada-Vera B.  NCHS Data Brief, no 455. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2022. doi.org/10.15620/cdc:121828 https://www.cd...