“What makes it fascinating is the speed at which it’s happening,” said Dr. Daniel Ciccarone, a physician and addiction researcher By Vanessa Etienne Updated on September 18, 2024 03:58PM EDT Stock image of medication. Photo: Getty ImagesDrug overdose deaths in the United States have plummeted for the first time in decades, according to public health...
“When access to prescription opioids is heavily restricted, people will seek out opioids that are unregulated,” says Grant Victor, an assistant professor in the Rutgers School of Social Work and lead author of the study in the Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment. “The opposite may also be true; our findings suggest that restoring easier access to opioid...
Reviewed by Megan Craig, M.Sc. Jun 15 2023 Men were significantly more vulnerable than women to overdose deaths involving opioid and stimulant drugs in 2020-2021, according to a new study analyzing death records data from across the United States. The study found that men had a 2–3 times greater rate of overdose mortality from opioids...
Overdose deaths involving methamphetamine nearly tripled from 2015 to 2019 among people ages 18-64 in the United States, according to a study by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health. The number of people who reported using methamphetamine during this time did not increase as steeply, but the...
