Scientists are developing patch that warns of oncoming drug overdose With the United States facing an epidemic of drug overdoses, researchers are developing a wearable patch that can detect an oncoming opioid OD and deliver doses of a drug that c...

Australien. Five drug-induced deaths per day among Australians in 2020, report finds The latest Drug Trends report from UNSW’s National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre shows more than 1800 drug-induced deaths in Australia in 2020. (…) Prelimin...

USA. Nearly 108,000 overdose deaths in 2021 bear out a prediction from five years ago forecasting the devastating toll A grim prediction made half a decade ago by University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health epidemiologists and modelers has c...

USA. USA verzeichnen mehr Drogentote Washington – Inmitten der Coronapandemie ist die Zahl der Drogentoten in den USA im vergangenen Jahr auf mehr als 100.000 gestiegen. Es seien 107.622 Menschen durch eine Drogenüberdosis gestorben, heißt es in ...

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Variability in the unregulated opioid market in the context of extreme rates of overdose.  Larnder A, Saatchi A, Borden SA, Moa B, Gill CG, Wallace B, Hore D.  Drug Alcohol Depend. 2022 Mar 26;235:109427. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022...