Mehr als 52.000 US-Bürger sind vergangenes Jahr in Folge einer Überdosis gestorben. Die vielen Drogentoten tragen dazu bei, dass die Lebenserwartung in dem Land sinkt. (spiegel online, 09.12.2016) http://www.spiegel.de/gesundheit/diagnose…

Drug-related celebrity deaths: A cross-sectional study Just J, Bleckwenn M, Schnakenberg R, Skatulla P, Weckbecker K Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2016, 11 :40 (9 December 2016) http://substanceabusepolicy.biomedcentral.com/ar…

Death matters: understanding heroin/opiate overdose risk and testing potential to prevent deaths. Strang J. Addiction. 2015 Jul;110 Suppl 2:27-35. doi: 10.1111/add.12904. Abstract https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26042565

Methadone-related deaths. A ten year overview. Vignali C, Stramesi C, Morini L, Pozzi F, Groppi A. Forensic Sci Int. 2015 Dec;257:172-6. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.08.017. Abstract https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26360592

WASHINGTON, May 3, 2016  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The over-the-counter anti-diarrhea medication Imodium®, or its key ingredient loperamide, is increasingly being abused by people attempting to self-treat their opioid addiction, with…

Leece P, Cavacuiti C, Macdonald EM, Gomes T, Kahan M, Srivastava A, Steele L, Luo J, Mamdani MM, Juurlink DN; Canadian Drug Safety and Effectiveness Research Network. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2015 Oct;57:30-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2015.04.008. Epub…