Drug overdose deathsExcessive deathsPurposeThe purpose of this study is to scrutinize the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic on the incidence of drug overdose fatalities in the US.MethodsThe study utilizes datasets from the CDC and employs a linear regression model to calculate the time-series...
There were no overdose fatalities. This first description of OnPoint NYC suggests not only that OPCs are feasible, but also that individuals who were unhoused, who are at extremely high risk of overdose death, were willing and interested in using OPCs. Interventions at the center to mitigate...
The first wave resulted in a widespread "painkiller culture" and a sharp increase in the number of deaths caused by opioids. The second wave started around 2010 with a surge in heroin use. From 2002 to 2013, heroin-related overdose deaths surged by 286 percent. Fast forward to today, and ...
The first wave resulted in a widespread "painkiller culture" and a sharp increase in the number of deaths caused by opioids. The second wave started around 2010 with a surge in heroin use. From 2002 to 2013, heroin-related overdose deaths surged by 286 percent. Fast forward to today, and ...
yet progress in anti-drug efforts that have been ongoing since the 1970s has remained stagnant due to partisan deadlock. This impasse has become more critical with the escalating number of fentanyl-related overdose fatalities plaguing the United States and has already impeded the creation of impact...
Fentanyl is a powerful opioid anesthetic and analgesic, the use of which has caused an increasing public health threat in the United States and elsewhere. Fentanyl was initially approved and used for the treatment of moderate to severe pain, especially c
Graeme Biggar, director-general of the agency, said "there has never been a more dangerous time to take drugs" after 4,300 people died due to drug misuse in the UK in 2023. He said the number of drug fatalities every year has increased by...
The report also showed that the year's 64,070 drug fatalities outnumbered: The 35,092 motor vehicle deaths in 2015. AIDS-related deaths in the worst year of the AIDS crisis, when 50,628 people died in 1995. The peak year for homicides in the U.S., when 24,703 people were murde...
Nationally, fatalities in crashes where drugs were involved soared from 2,003 in 1993 to 7,438 in 2015, according to the most recent data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The data reflect only the presence of drugs in a driver, not whether the drugs caused the crash...
71,72 A 3 Å resolution structure of CB1 bound to the synthetic cannabinoid MDMB-FUBINACA (FUB), a particularly potent compound linked to substantial drug abuse fatalities, has been determined. The agonist state is observed in complex with the heterotrimeric G complex (GiBG). The single-chain...