Study examines years of life lost for adolescents, young adults to drug overdose The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine examined the unintentional drug overdose mortality in years of life lost among adolescents an...

"It's called overamping": experiences of overdose among people who use methamphetamine.  Harding RW, Wagner KT, Fiuty P, Smith KP, Page K, Wagner KD.  Harm Reduct J. 2022 Jan 16;19(1):4. doi: 10.1186/s12954-022-00588-7. PMID: 35034643;...

USA. Suicides by drug overdose increased among young people, elderly people, and Black women, despite overall downward trend A new study of intentional drug overdose deaths, or suicides by an overdose of a medication or drug, found an overall dec...

Factors Associated With Opioid Overdose After an Initial Opioid Prescription.  Weiner SG, El Ibrahimi S, Hendricks MA, Hallvik SE, Hildebran C, Fischer MA, Weiss RD, Boyer EW, Kreiner PW, Wright DA, Flores DP, Ritter GA.  JAMA Netw Ope...

Notes from the Field: Increased Incidence of Fentanyl-Related Deaths Involving Para-fluorofentanyl or Metonitazene — Knox County, Tennessee, November 2020–August 2021.  Trecki J, Gerona RR, Ellison R, Thomas C, Mileusnic-Polchan D.  MM...

Disparities by Sex and Race and Ethnicity in Death Rates Due to Opioid Overdose Among Adults 55 Years or Older, 1999 to 2019.  Mason M, Soliman R, Kim HS, Post LA.  JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5(1):e2142982. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2...