Schottland. Methadone overdose figures slammed by Scottish Conservatives The Conservatives have called for alternative treatments for drug addicts as figures indicate hundreds of people were taken to hospital after overdosing on the heroin replacem…

Association between medical cannabis laws and opioid overdose mortality has reversed over time Chelsea L. Shover, Corey S. Davis, Sanford C. Gordon, Keith Humphreys Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Jun 2019, 201903434; DOI: 10.1073/…

A conceptual model for understanding post-release opioid-related overdose risk. Joudrey PJ, Khan MR, Wang EA, Scheidell JD, Edelman EJ, McInnes DK, Fox AD. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2019 Apr 15;14(1):17. doi: 10.1186/s13722-019-0145-5. https://www.n…

Suspected Heroin Overdoses in US Emergency Departments, 2017–2018 Alana Marie Vivolo-Kantor, Brooke Hoots, Felicita David, and R. Matthew Gladden, 0:  American Journal of Public Health0,e1_e3, doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2019.305053 Abstr…

USA. In Cities Where It Once Reigned, Heroin Is Disappearing The rise of the more potent fentanyl in its place has put a generation of older users, who had managed their addiction, at far greater risk of overdose. (New York Times, 18.05.2019) http…

Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Cocaine and Psychostimulants with Abuse Potential — United States, 2003–2017. USA. Kariisa M, Scholl L, Wilson N, Seth P, Hoots B.  MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2019;68:388–395. doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6817a3 http…