What are the risk factors of non-fatal overdose among persons who use opioids? A systematic review and meta-analysis.  Dunne N, Casey MB, Ivers JH.  J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2025 Jan 29:209630. doi: 10.1016/j.josat.2025.209630. Epub ahe…

Unmasking CHANTER syndrome: A rare neurological consequence of opioid overdose.  Johnson MC, Shankar K.  Am J Emerg Med. 2025 Jan 22:S0735-6757(25)00066-X. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2025.01.057. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39884939. Abstract…

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Drug overdose deaths among women 1999-2021 in the United States: Differences by race, ethnicity, and age.  Jones AA, Segel JE, Skogseth EM, Apsley HB, Santos-Lozada AR.  Womens Health (Lond). 2024 Jan-Dec;20:17455057241307088. doi: 10.11…

USA. Opioids are killing older Black men in D.C. at some of the highest rates in the country Black men in their mid-fifties to mid-seventies accounted for nearly 38% of the city’s opioid fatalities in 2022, while only making up about 4% of D.C.’s t…

Detection of Illegally Manufactured Fentanyls and Carfentanil in Drug Overdose Deaths — United States, 2021–2024.  Tanz LJ, Stewart A, Gladden RM, Ko JY, Owens L, O’Donnell J.  MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2024;73:1099–1105. DOI:dx.doi.org/…