USA. Provisional Drug Overdose Death Counts This data visualization presents provisional counts for drug overdose deaths based on a current flow of mortality data in the National Vital Statistics System. (CDC - National Center for Health Statistics…

EMCDDA. Preventing overdose deaths in Europe (Perspectives on drugs) – update 2018  Summary More than 9 000 lives were reported to be lost to drug overdoses in Europe (28 EU Member States, Turkey and Norway) in 2016, the latest reportin…

Substance Use, Criminal Recidivism, and Mortality in Criminal Justice Clients: A Comparison between Men and Women. Caroline Mannerfelt and Anders Håkansson Journal of Addiction, vol. 2018, Article ID 1689637, 9 pages, 2018. doi.org/10.1155/2…

Death after diagnosis of non-communicable disease comorbid conditions, stratified by injection drug use. Lesko CR, Lau B, Chander G, Moore RD. AIDS. 2018 Oct 15. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002054. Abstract https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/303…

USA. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Evidence-Based Strategies for Preventing Opioid Overdose: What’s Working in the United States. National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S…

Preventing overdose deaths in Europe Introduction: More than 9 000 lives were reported to be lost to drug overdoses in Europe (28 EU Member States, Turkey and Norway) in 2016, the latest reporting year, and this is an underestimate. Reducing drug-r…