The effects of the opioid crisis have varied across diverse and socioeconomically defined
urban communities, due in part to widening health disparities. The onset of the COVID-19 …

This systematic review synthesized literature on potential impacts of protracted isolation and
other disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic on deaths of despair (suicide, overdoses …

Fentanyl is a fully synthetic opioid with analgesic and anesthetic properties. It has become a
primary driver of the deadliest opioid crisis in the United States and elsewhere …

Objectives. To examine trends in methamphetamine-related mortality in the United States
from 1999 to 2021 and the extent to which these deaths co-involved heroin or fentanyl …

Introduction Alongside the emergence of COVID-19 in the United States, several reports
highlighted increasing rates of opioid overdose from preliminary data. Yet, little is known …

Background Opioid-related harms, including fatal and non-fatal overdoses, rose dramatically
during the COVID-19 pandemic and presented unique challenges during outbreaks in …

Background: The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM) revised the 2015 version of the
substance use disorder (SUD) clinical protocol to review the evidence and provide updated …

Importance Drug overdose (OD) is a public health challenge and an important cause of out-
of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Existing studies evaluating OD-related OHCA (OD-OHCA) …

Importance In 2021, more than 80 000 US residents died from an opioid overdose. Public
health intervention initiatives, such as the Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEALing) …

Background More than half a million Americans died of an opioid-related overdose between
1999 and 2020, the majority occurring between 2015 and 2020. The opioid overdose …