Kanada. B.C. moves to stem high rate of overdose deaths by recent inmates A coroner’s death review panel last year found about two-thirds B.C. residents who died of an illegal drug overdose over a 19-month period had recent contact with the crimina…

INTERVIEW: „Die fallenden Mortalitätsraten stehen im Gegensatz zu den Ergebnissen in den USA“ Interview mit Julia Schmieder, Doktorandin in der Abteilung Staat am DIW Berlin. (DIW Wochenbericht, Hrsg.: DIW - Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforsch…

Todesfälle durch Suizid, Alkohol und Drogen sinken deutlich bei Männern und Frauen in Ost- und Westdeutschland Von Peter Haan, Anna Hammerschmid, Robert Lindner und Julia Schmieder Zwischen 1991 und 2015 ist die Zahl der sogenannten „Deaths of Des…

Premature mortality from all causes and drug poisonings in the USA according to socioeconomic status and rurality: an analysis of death certificate data by county from 2000–15 Shiels, Meredith S et al. The Lancet Public Health , Volume 4 , Issue 2…

UK. 'Xanax' linked to more than 200 deaths At least 204 deaths have been linked to the misuse of anxiety drug Xanax in the UK since 2015, figures seen by the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme reveal. Of these, there were 126 fatalities in Scotla…

Loperamid. Study finds rise in overdoses from opioids in diarrhea drug A Rutgers study has uncovered a new threat in the opiate epidemic: Overdoses of loperamide, an over-the-counter diarrhea medication, have been steadily increasing in number and…