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5 giorni fa · I n 2019, amid an ever-worsening drug crisis, the federal government launched a research study with an ambitious goal: to lower opioid overdoses in participating communities by 40% using...
4 giorni fa · Our results display a rapidly rising burden of opioid overdose deaths among Black, Hispanic, and Native American peoples and add to previous work finding that contrary to early beliefs and media portrayals, the opioid crisis is no longer simply a “rural white problem”.
4 giorni fa · Communities implementing the study intervention had an opioid-related overdose death rate that was estimated to be 9% lower between July 2021 and June 2022 compared to control communities.
4 giorni fa · Many will recover their lives; opioid dependence is not always a death sentence. But for those risking their lives using opioids, the question most often asked is why? Why, in the face of devastating and fatal consequences, would an individual choose to continue to obtain and use potentially lethal substances?
4 giorni fa · A multi-million-dollar effort by the federal government to reduce opioid deaths in four states over three years has resulted in no decrease in deaths, according to a new study out of the New...
2 giorni fa · In the U.S., the opioid epidemic was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. 18,19 A retrospective study concluded that ED visits decreased across 6 healthcare systems in 2020 compared to 2018 and 2019, while opioid overdose-related ED visits increased. 18 One study reported that patients treated in the ED for an opioid-related complaint have a mortality rate that is 6 times higher over a 1-year ...
4 giorni fa · NIDA-supported research tests innovations in how to provide science-based, person-centered care to people who use drugs. Here, people who use drugs, people in recovery, and harm reduction professionals including Dr. Hansel Tookes, provide health professionals with best practices.
