Higher rates of homelessness are associated with increases in mortality from accidental drug and alcohol poisonings - Bradford WD, Lozano-Rojas F.
Alcohol and drug overdoses have multiple complex causes. In this article we contribute to the literature that links homelessness, the most extreme form of housing disruption, to accidental SUD-related poisonings. Using plausibly exogenous variation from a ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Belleville declares addiction emergency after latest overdose surge
Officials in Belleville, Ont., have declared a state of emergency after 23 people overdosed since Tuesday afternoon. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Ottawa Source Type: news
Preference for hotline versus mobile application/countdown-based mobile overdose response services: a qualitative study - Rioux W, Teare A, Rider N, Jones S, Ghosh SM.
BACKGROUND: In response to the exacerbated rates of morbidity and mortality associated with the overlapping overdose and COVID-19 epidemics, novel strategies have been developed, implemented, operationalized and scaled to reduce the harms resulting from th... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 7, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Higher Survival Rates Seen for Overdose-Attributable Cardiac Arrest
MONDAY, Feb. 5, 2024 -- For patients presenting with nonshockable rhythm, those with overdose-attributable out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OD-OHCA) have higher survival rates with good neurological outcome compared with those with OHCA from other... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - February 5, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Income inequality and deaths of despair risk in Canada, identifying possible mechanisms - Loverock A, Benny C, Smith BT, Siddiqi A, Pabayo R.
BACKGROUND: Declines in life expectancy in developed countries have been attributed to increases in drug-related overdose, suicide, and liver cirrhosis, collectively referred to as deaths of despair. Income inequality is proposed to be partly responsible f... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
Polysubstance mortality trends in White and Black Americans during the opioid epidemic, 1999-2018 - Rawy M, Abdalla G, Look K.
Background
Psychoactive drug combinations are increasingly contributing to overdose deaths among White and Black Americans. To understand the evolving nature of overdose crisis, inform policies, and develop tailored and equitable interventions, this study... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Elevated drug overdose mortality among Americans who visit Florida, 2003-2020 - Shrira I, Foster JD.
OBJECTIVE: Florida state has played a conspicuous role in the current U.S. drug epidemic. Reports suggest that even non-Florida residents may suffer excessive overdose fatalities while visiting the state, possibly in connection to two sets of events: (1) t... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Opinion: 'Just say no' can kill kids. Teach them how to stay safe in the fentanyl era
Drug use has become deadlier for teens, and Southern California is an overdose hot spot. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - February 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Scott Hadland and Joseph Friedman Source Type: news
At last, a convincing explanation for America ’s drug-death crisis
It is hard to overstate the impact of America’s fentanyl epidemic. The synthetic opioid and its close chemical relatives were involved in about 70% of the country’s 110,000 overdose deaths in 2022. They are now almost certainly the biggest killer of Americans between the ages of 18 and 49. Every…#korea #afghanistan #annecase #angusdeaton #princetonuniversity #justinpierce #federalreserve #peterschott #yaleuniversity #abbyalpert (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Providence approves first state-sanctioned safe injection site in Rhode Island
A Rhode Island city has approved the first state-sanctioned safe injection site, a place where people can use heroin and other illegal drugs and be revived if they overdose (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - February 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
HHS Expands Access to Methadone, Buprenorphine
(MedPage Today) -- As part of a broader overdose prevention strategy, the Biden administration announced changes to decades-old federal rules, which aim to simplify and expand access to addiction treatment in order to save more lives.
Specifically... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - February 2, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Estimating the ratio of fatal to non-fatal overdoses involving all drugs, all opioids, synthetic opioids, heroin or stimulants, USA, 2010-2020 - Casillas SM, Pickens CM, Tanz LJ, Vivolo-Kantor AM.
INTRODUCTION: US drug overdose deaths are at historic levels. For every fatal drug overdose, there are many more non-fatal; however, minimal nationally representative data exist on trends in the ratio of fatal to non-fatal drug overdoses and how this diffe... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
EBay will pay $59 million settlement over pill presses sold online as US undergoes overdose epidemic
The e-commerce giant eBay will pay a $59 million in a settlement with the Justice Department over thousands of pill press machines sold on the the platform (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - January 31, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Lawmaker wants California workplaces to put Narcan in first-aid kits
A new bill would require California workplaces to stock a nasal spray that can prevent opioid overdoses, greatly expanding the range of locations that have the lifesaving medication on hand. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - January 31, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Alpert Reyes Source Type: news
No Impact of Legalized Pot on Opioid Prescriptions, Deaths No Impact of Legalized Pot on Opioid Prescriptions, Deaths
While some studies suggest legalizing cannabis would reduce opioid prescriptions and overdose deaths, new research found no such association.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - January 31, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: news
