This paper is the forty-second consecutive installment of the annual anthological review of
research concerning the endogenous opioid system, summarizing articles published during …

Since the 1990s, more than 600 overdose response training and education programs have
been implemented to train participants to respond to an opioid overdose in the United …

Background Overdose education and naloxone distribution (OEND) to laypersons are key
approaches to reduce the incidence of opioid-involved overdoses. While some research has …

Background Many law enforcement agencies across the United States equip their officers
with the life-saving drug naloxone to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. Although …

Background Prior work has suggested that first responders have mixed feelings about harm
reduction strategies used to fight the opioid epidemic, such as the use of naloxone to …

Background In parallel to a substantial increase in opioid overdose deaths in New
Hampshire (NH), emergency personnel experienced an increase in opioid-related …

In the midst of the overdose crisis, knowledge of overdose education and administration of
naloxone, the opioid-overdose antidote, must expand outside emergency medical services …

Introduction Since the COVID‐19 pandemic, an increase in fentanyl‐combined drugs has
led to a surge in opioid overdose deaths in the United States. Higher opioid overdose …

Abstract The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA)
Harm Reduction grant program expanded access to several harm reduction strategies to …

Background For nearly half of the period between 1999 and 2019, rates of rural overdose
death surpassed those in urban areas. Despite this substantial increase, little attention has …