Temporal changes in non-fatal opioid overdose patterns among people who use drugs in a Canadian setting.  Fairgrieve C, Nosova E, Milloy MJ, Fairbairn N, DeBeck K, Ahamad K, Wood E, Kerr T, Hayashi K.  Subst Abus. 2020;41(3):323-330. d...

Fatal opioid overdoses during and shortly after hospital admissions in England: A case-crossover study.  Lewer D, Eastwood B, White M, Brothers TD, McCusker M, Copeland C, et al. (2021)  PLoS Med 18(10): e1003759. doi.org/10.1371/journ...

USA. 2021 OVERDOSE EPIDEMIC REPORT: Physicians’ actions to help end the nation’s drug-related overdose and death epidemic —and what still needs to be done. The American Medical Association convened two task forces between 2014–2019 that have prov...

USA. Methamphetamine-involved overdose deaths nearly tripled between 2015 to 2019, NIH study finds Patterns of methamphetamine use have become riskier, diversified across U.S. population. (NIH – National Institute of Health, USA, 22.09.2021) htt...

USA. Deaths with drugs as contributing factor are rising dramatically While many people focus on the role of drugs in overdose deaths, a recent study shows that deaths where drugs were a contributing cause are also on the rise.  In fact, at...

Notes from the Field: Xylazine Detection and Involvement in Drug Overdose Deaths — United States, 2019.  Kariisa M, Patel P, Smith H, Bitting J.  MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2021;70:1300–1302. DOI: doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7037a4 https:/...