Overdose

Fentanyl, typically sold in compressed powder chunks, (and a few methamphetamine shards) and the materials commonly used to consume them via inhalation. Credit:…

Region-stratified overdose-attributed MRRs comparing pre-COVID-19 pandemic and during pandemic years. Credit: The American Journal on Addictions (2024). DOI:…

1. IntroductionBoth Canada and the United States are experiencing overdose crisis from opioids and other drugs. In 2016, Canada declared the opioid crisis a national public health concern, while British Columbia declared a public health…

NEW YORK, NY, May 16, 2022 – Drug overdose deaths reached nearly 108,000 in 2021, the highest number ever recorded in a 12-month period and a staggering 52 percent increase over the previous two years. This rise in overdose-related…

By: Scott Hadland, MD, MPH, MS, FAAP & Rita Agarwal, MD, FAAP An overdose crisis is affecting children, adolescents and adults across the United States. Most drug overdoses in young people are caused by opioids.…

By: Scott Hadland, MD, MPH, MS, FAAP & Rita Agarwal, MD, FAAPAn overdose crisis is affecting children, adolescents and adults across the United States. Most drug overdoses in young people are caused by opioids.…

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration launched an initiative Wednesday that it describes as a nationwide call to increase training on and access to life-saving opioid overdose reversal medications, dubbed…

In 2020, overdose death rates (number of drug overdose deaths per 100,000 people) increased 44 percent for Black* people and 39 percent for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people compared with 2019, according to a new CDC Vital…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain American visitors to Florida who died in the state were 63% more likely to have died from a drug…

For Release WednesdayFebruary 21, 2024 More than 40 percent of Americans know someone who has died of a drug overdose and about one-third of those individuals say their lives were disrupted by the death, according to a new…

The expansion of telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with individuals staying in treatment longer and reducing their risk of medically treated overdose, according to a new study. Published today in JAMA…

Summary What is already known about this topic? More than 109,000 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States in 2022; nearly 70% involved illegally manufactured fentanyls (IMFs). Data from the western United States suggested a…

Continuing to build on unprecedented action to expand access to substance use disorder treatment, the Biden-Harris Administration finalizes historic updates to decades-old federal regulations for opioid treatment programs. HHS also…

The CDC is announcing two new Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) today under its Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) program to advance the critical work that health departments and communities play in driving down overdose deaths. One…

The expanded availability of opioid use disorder-related telehealth services and medications during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with a lowered likelihood of fatal drug overdose among Medicare beneficiaries, according to a new…

On December 14, 2021, this report was posted online as an MMWR Early Release.Summary What is already known about this topic? Synthetic opioids, including illicitly manufactured fentanyls (IMFs), were involved in 64% of >100,000…

Suspected Drug Overdose Death Data Now Available on My Healthy Community -…

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), is announcing awards in five grant programs devoted to combating multiple facets of substance misuse and…

National Recovery Month Serves as a Reminder of Administration’s Commitment to Safeguarding Behavioral Health Coinciding with Overdose Awareness Week and the start of National Recovery Month, the Department of Health and Human Services…

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is announcing awards in four grant programs devoted to combating the overdose epidemic on multiple fronts. The grant awards total nearly $11.3 million in additional…

Short Title: OD Treatment Access Initial Announcement Back to the Grants Dashboard Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) NOFO Number:…

August 31, 2022, is International Overdose Awareness Day, and we pause to honor those who have died from an overdose and to reflect on the grief of those they left behind. Many continue to live with the stigma associated with having a…

As part of President Biden’s Unity Agenda priority to beat the overdose epidemic, federal agencies are working with housing and support services providers to improve access to life-saving measures like naloxone, destigmatize substance…

Altmetric: Citations: Views: Views equals page views plus PDF downloads Reports have documented national and state-level increases in drug…

Altmetric: Citations: Views: Views equals page views plus PDF downloads Gabapentin is an anticonvulsant medication, which is also approved by the…

On July 19, 2022, this report was posted online as an MMWR Early Release.Summary What is already known about this topic? Drug overdose deaths increased 30% in the United States from 2019 to 2020. Known health disparities exist in…

Altmetric: Citations: Views: Views equals page views plus PDF downloads Synthetic cathinones (known as psychoactive bath salts) are a class of…

Discussion This report highlights several findings: 1) rates of nonfatal opioid-involved overdose EMS encounters per 10,000 total EMS encounters increased steadily from 2018 through the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic; 2) nonfatal…

Nitazenes are a novel group of powerful illicit synthetic opioids derived from 2-benzylbenzimidazole that have been linked to overdose deaths in several states (1). Nitazenes were created as a potential pain reliever medication nearly 60…

Provisional estimates indicate that synthetic opioids, including illicitly manufactured fentanyl (IMF), were involved in approximately two thirds of an estimated 108,174 overdose deaths in the United States during the 12 months ending in…

Antihistamines are frequently used to treat allergy symptoms (1). Misuse of antihistamines has been documented primarily in adolescents and young adults (2); however, antihistamine involvement in overdose deaths has not been widely…

Credit: HeroTech8 Researchers from King's College London used real-world data of fatal opioid overdoses where a bystander was present to…

Risk ratio for opioid toxicity death by sex, age group, and exposure to incarceration in provincial correctional facilities in Ontario between January 2015 and…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain An analysis co-led by a Brown public health researcher has found that the nation's first two…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Drug overdose deaths rose markedly between January to June 2018 and July to December 2021 among 10- to…

Summary What is already known about this topic? In 2020, suicide was the second leading cause of death among persons aged 10–14 years and the third leading cause among those aged 15–24 years. What is added by this report? Analysis of…

Julie O’Donnell, PhD1; Lauren J. Tanz, ScD1; Kimberly D. Miller, MPH1; Amanda T. Dinwiddie, MPH1; Jessica Wolff, MPH1; Sasha Mital, PhD1; Rochelle Obiekwe, MPH1,2; Christine L. Mattson, PhD1 (View author affiliations) View suggested…

Racial and ethnic minority groups have less access to proven treatments for substance use disorders. This difference is not simply because of a lack of availability of services. Communities with higher capacity to provide care had the…

Substance use disorders, like opioid use disorder (OUD), have significantly impacted communities across America. When we act early, we can prevent the use and misuse of drugs, like opioids, that can lead to substance use disorders.…