Patterns of Polydrug Use in Patients Presenting at the Emergency Department with Acute Intoxication.  Manjón-Prado H, Serrano Santos E, Osuna E.  Toxics. 2025 May 7;13(5):380. doi: 10.3390/toxics13050380. PMID: 40423459; PMCID: PMC121155…

Brain Injury Following Drug Toxicity Event. Knowledge Update.  Kim, G., Xavier, C., Desai, R. Trower, D., Zhao, B., Davison, C., Palis, H., Crabtree, A.  Vancouver, BC: BC Centre for Disease Control, 2025. http://www.bccdc.ca/Documents/…

Kanada. The opioid crisis has a 'hidden' brain injury epidemic "We pay a lot of attention to the deaths associated with the toxicity of fentanyl, but what we’re not looking at is all the people who survive overdoses." (Ottawa Citizen, Kanada, 10.10…

Drug-induced deaths – the current situation in Europe (European Drug Report 2025) Estimating the mortality attributable to drug use is critical for understanding the public health impact of drug use and how this may be changing over time. On this p…

The changing role of substances: trends, characteristics of individuals and prior healthcare utilization among individuals with accidental substance-related toxicity deaths in Ontario Canada.  Ledlie S, Holton A, Leece P, Hamzat B, Yang J, Kol…

Implementing and documenting cultural adaption of evidence-based practice strategies to reduce opioid overdose deaths: examples and lessons from the HEALing communities study.  Gibson EB, Glasgow L, Nouvong M, McGladrey M, Freedman D, Chassler…