Drug Overdose Mortality Among People Experiencing Homelessness, 2003 to 2018.  Fine DR, Dickins KA, Adams LD, et al.  JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5(1):e2142676. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.42676 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

USA/Kanada. NPS Alerts: New Synthetic Opioid and ‘Unusual’ Overdose Symptoms (protonitazene) The Center for Forensic Science Research and Education (CFSRE) (…) warns of the emergence of protonitazene, an opioid that is approximately three times m...

Causes of death among people who used illicit opioids in England, 2001–18: a matched cohort study Lewer, Dan et al. The Lancet Public Health, Volume 0, Issue 0  https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(21)00254-1/ful...

UK. QMJC August 2021: Drug fatalities and treatment fatalism: Complicating the ageing cohort theory The Qualitative Methods Journal Club discuss a paper that rethinks the assumed causal link between age and drug-related deaths. The study draws on...

Trends in and Characteristics of Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Illicitly Manufactured Fentanyls — United States, 2019–2020.  O’Donnell J, Tanz LJ, Gladden RM, Davis NL, Bitting J.  MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2021;70:1740-1746. doi.org/...

EMCDDA. Opioid-related deaths: health and social responses (Miniguide) This miniguide is one of a larger set, which together comprise Health and social responses to drug problems: a European guide 2021. It provides an overview of the most im...