Shedding light on the hidden methamphetamine abuse: a nation-wide 7-year post-mortem study in Taiwan

CONCLUSIONS: Using autopsy dataset as a secondary source, we identified that over half of the cases involved accidental drug intoxication. The significant proportion of cases involving multiple substances, psychiatric medications, and drug-impaired driving raises concerning.PMID:38462530 | DOI:10.2188/jea.JE20230263

Source: Journal of Epidemiology - March 10, 2024 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Shyh-Yuh Wei Chien-Chou Su Hsuan-Yun Hu Szu-Yu Lin Chih-Hsin Pan Source Type: research