Evaluation of Increases in Drug Overdose Mortality Rates in the US by Race and Ethnicity Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.  Friedman JR, Hansen H.  JAMA Psychiatry. Published online March 02, 2022. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry…

Risk of Opioid Overdose Associated With Concomitant Use of Oxycodone and Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors.  Yunusa I, Gagne JJ, Yoshida K, Bykov K.  JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5(2):e220194. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.0194 ht…

Kanada. Let’s Talk Overdose 2022 (6.-7.4.2022) April 6, 2022: Prevention and early intervention in high-risk substance use and overdose among youth April 7, 2022: Synergy for Change! Submissions for e-Posters, Lightning Talks and videos will…

Overdose deaths involving non-BZD hypnotic/sedatives in the USA: Trends analyses Tardelli, Vitor S. et al. The Lancet Regional Health – Americas, Volume 0, Issue 0, 100190  https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanam/article/PIIS2667-193X(22)00…

USA – San Francisco. Are The City’s overdose treatments working? It’s impossible to tell As drug crisis grows more urgent, experts say there’s a murky path ahead. (San Francisco Examiner, USA, 02.02.2022) https://www.sfexaminer.com/findings/are-s-…

Study examines years of life lost for adolescents, young adults to drug overdose The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine examined the unintentional drug overdose mortality in years of life lost among adolescents and…