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The latest chart of overdose deaths in Massachusetts shows a climbing blue line labeled “fentanyl.” (californiahealthline.org, 08.12.2016) http://californiahealthline.org/news/delivered-like-a-pizza-why-killer-drug-fentanyl-is-so-hard-t…

ACMD - Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, UK, Dezember 2016 https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/576560/ACMD-Drug-Related-Deaths-Report-161212.pdf

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