Disparities by Sex and Race and Ethnicity in Death Rates Due to Opioid Overdose Among Adults 55 Years or Older, 1999 to 2019.  Mason M, Soliman R, Kim HS, Post LA.  JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5(1):e2142982. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.202…

Drug overdose deaths in the United States, 1999–2020.  Hedegaard H, Miniño AM, Spencer MR, Warner M.  NCHS Data Brief, no 428. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2021. doi.org/10.15620/cdc:112340 https://www.cdc.gov…

Drug Overdose Mortality Among People Experiencing Homelessness, 2003 to 2018.  Fine DR, Dickins KA, Adams LD, et al.  JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5(1):e2142676. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.42676 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

USA/Kanada. NPS Alerts: New Synthetic Opioid and ‘Unusual’ Overdose Symptoms (protonitazene) The Center for Forensic Science Research and Education (CFSRE) (…) warns of the emergence of protonitazene, an opioid that is approximately three times mor…

Causes of death among people who used illicit opioids in England, 2001–18: a matched cohort study Lewer, Dan et al. The Lancet Public Health, Volume 0, Issue 0  https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(21)00254-1/fullt…

UK. QMJC August 2021: Drug fatalities and treatment fatalism: Complicating the ageing cohort theory The Qualitative Methods Journal Club discuss a paper that rethinks the assumed causal link between age and drug-related deaths. The study draws on t…