An integrated LSTM-HeteroRGNN model for interpretable opioid overdose risk prediction.  Dong X, Wong R, Lyu W, Abell-Hart K, Deng J, Liu Y, Hajagos JG, Rosenthal RN, Chen C, Wang F.  Artif Intell Med. 2023 Jan;135:102439. doi: 10.1016/j…

Association of sex work and social-structural factors with non-fatal overdose among women who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada.  Harris MT, Goldenberg S, Cui Z, Fairbairn N, Milloy MS, Hayashi K, Samet JH, Walley AY, Nolan S.  Int J Drug P…

USA. New York City Releases 2021 Overdose Data Showing Unprecedented Overdose Levels Overdose rates show an increase in racial, economic, age, and neighborhood-level inequities in overdose deaths. (NYC Government, USA, 12.01.2023) https://www.nyc…

Somalia. Somalia's opioid overdose: Young, female and addicted It was the discovery of the body of a 22-year-old woman on the streets of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, last year that brought into the open the problem of female drug addiction in the…

Substance use, injection risk behaviors, and fentanyl-related overdose risk among a sample of PWID post-Hurricane Maria.  Abadie, R., Cano, M., Habecker, P. et al. Harm Reduct J 19, 129 (2022). doi.org/10.1186/s12954-022-00715-4 ht…

Zahl der Drogentoten unter US-Jugendlichen steigt dramatisch Washington – Die Zahl der an einer Drogenüberdosis gestorbenen Kinder und Jugendlichen ist in den USA dramatisch gestiegen. Von 2019 bis 2021 habe sich die Zahl der Drogentodesfälle unter…