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Drug Overdose Deaths Rise, Disparities Widen VitalSigns …

(8 days ago) WEBIn counties with more income inequality, overdose death rates for Black people were more than two times as high as in counties with less income inequality in 2020. 7 X. Identifying the Root Causes of Drug Overdose Health Inequities and …

https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/overdose-death-disparities/index.html

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Promoting Health Equity Drug Overdose Injury Center

(6 days ago) WEBPromoting Health Equity. CDC is committed to addressing health inequities and to ensuring health equity, which is achieved when every person has the opportunity …

https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/health-equity/info.html

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Health Equity in the Response to Drug Overdose - NACCHO

(4 days ago) WEBFatal drug overdoses have long been a public health crisis in the United States. From 1999 – 2018, nearly 450,000 people died from overdoses in the United States. In 2019, there were more than 70,000 drug …

https://www.naccho.org/programs/community-health/injury-and-violence/overdose/health-equity-drug-overdose-response

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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Drug Overdose Deaths in …

(8 days ago) WEBRecent reports highlighted racial and ethnic differences in US drug overdose deaths from 1999 to 2020. 1,2 Overdose deaths increased 37.2% from …

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2796547

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Increases in Disparities in US Drug Overdose Deaths by …

(7 days ago) WEBFor more than a decade, drug overdose deaths have been the leading cause of injury death in the US. During the COVID-19 pandemic and its related stressors and …

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2794593

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Racial Inequality in Receipt of Medications for Opioid Use …

(1 days ago) WEBThe crisis of opioid overdoses and mortality related to opioid use disorder (OUD) continues to accelerate in the United States. In 2021, an estimated 80,816 overdose deaths involved opioids, a 15%

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa2212412

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Understanding and Addressing Widening Racial …

(7 days ago) WEBThe fourth wave of the United States overdose crisis—driven by the polysubstance use of fentanyl with stimulants and other synthetic substances—has …

https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.ajp.20230917

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Soaring Overdose Rates in the Pandemic Reflected Widening …

(9 days ago) WEBJuly 19, 2022. The pandemic’s devastating impact on drug overdose deaths in the United States hit people of color the hardest, with rates among young Black people rising the …

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/19/health/overdose-pandemic-race.html

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Bringing an Equity Lens to Address the Evolving Overdose Crisis: A

(7 days ago) WEBAs the overdose crisis in the United States continues to evolve, with new and more potent substances introduced into the US drug supply, we need to double down …

https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2023.307240

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Understanding and Addressing Widening Racial …

(1 days ago) WEBAbstract. The fourth wave of the United States overdose crisis-driven by the polysubstance use of fentanyl with stimulants and other synthetic substances-has driven …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38706336/

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How racial inequity is playing out in the opioid crisis

(1 days ago) WEBThe rising overdose numbers point to a need for better prevention options, said Bertha K. Madras, a psychobiology professor at Harvard Medical School and a …

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/how-racial-inequity-is-playing-out-in-the-opioid-crisis

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Understanding and addressing widening racial inequalities in drug …

(2 days ago) WEBHere the authors present a detailed portrait of the latest overdose trends and synthesize the literature to describe where, how, and why these inequalities are …

https://idpc.net/publications/2024/05/understanding-and-addressing-widening-racial-inequalities-in-drug-overdose

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Disparities in Opioid Overdose Deaths Continue to Worsen

(7 days ago) WEBThe opioid overdose death rate was significantly higher for non-Hispanic Black individuals in four U.S. states from 2018 to 2019, “We must explicitly examine …

https://nihrecord.nih.gov/2021/10/01/disparities-opioid-overdose-deaths-continue-worsen

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Vital Signs: Drug Overdose Deaths, by Selected Sociodemographic …

(3 days ago) WEBRates were examined by race and ethnicity and county-level social determinants of health (e.g., income inequality and treatment provider availability).

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9310633/

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Study: Overdose Deaths Increased With Income Inequality - U.S.

(1 days ago) WEBFor example, the overdose rate for Black individuals living in counties with the highest level of income inequality was 46.5 per 100,000 in 2020, according to the …

https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2022-07-19/overdose-deaths-among-blacks-hispanics-increased-with-income-inequality

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Substantial racial inequalities despite frequent health care contact

(1 days ago) WEBSubstantial racial inequalities despite frequent health care contact found in treatment for opioid use disorder. For immediate release: May 10, 2023. Boston, MA—In …

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/substantial-racial-inequalities-despite-frequent-health-care-contact-found-in-treatment-for-opioid-use-disorder/

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Identifying the Root Causes of Drug Overdose Health …

(3 days ago) WEBinto existing drug overdose health inequity literature, we recommend the following for future research: 1. Examining health inequities both within and across LGBTQIA+, …

https://www.naccho.org/uploads/downloadable-resources/IdentifyingtheRootCauses-ofDrugOverdoseHealthInequities.pdf

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Achieving Health Equity Around Overdoses Feature Topics Drug …

(6 days ago) WEBFrom 2019 to 2020, overdose deaths increased 44% for Black people and 39% for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people. Most people who died by overdose …

https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/featured-topics/overdose-health-equity.html

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Researchers Say Income Inequality a Key Driver of Drug Overdose …

(9 days ago) WEBSociology Ph.D. student Ryan Thombs is the lead author of a research article that says income inequality is a key driver behind rising U.S. drug overdose deaths. …

https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/bcnews/nation-world-society/sociology/drug-overdose-epidemic-article.html

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Socioeconomic risk factors for fatal opioid overdoses in the …

(3 days ago) WEBIntroduction. In the United States fatal drug overdose rates more than tripled from 1999 to 2017. Opioid overdoses were by far the largest contributor to the 70,237 fatal drug overdoses in the United States during 2017. [] The U.S. opioid epidemic has evolved over time. [] In the early 1980s, opioids were primarily prescribed for acute …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6968850/

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Economic decline, incarceration, and mortality from drug use …

(3 days ago) WEBExtensive evidence has linked incarceration to various factors that are associated with drug overdoses, including stigma, unemployment, family disruption, and neighbourhood …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(19)30104-5/fulltext

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Drug overdose deaths in the US decreased in 2023, for the first

(8 days ago) WEBAn estimated 107,500 people died from a drug overdose in the US in 2023, a 3% decrease from 2022, according to provisional CDC data. Narcan and fentanyl test …

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/15/health/overdose-deaths-decrease-2023/index.html

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More than 321,000 U.S. children lost a parent to drug overdose …

(5 days ago) WEBFederal study shows lives lost from overdose crisis are felt across generations, emphasizing need to include children and families in support. An estimated …

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/more-321000-us-children-lost-parent-drug-overdose-2011-2021

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Drug overdose deaths dropped slightly in 2023 but remain high : …

(4 days ago) WEBPreliminary data released Wednesday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found fatal drug overdoses in the U.S. fell by roughly 3% in 2023. That …

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/05/15/1251239829/us-drug-overdose-deaths-provisional-2023

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Statement from HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra on New Drug …

(4 days ago) WEBToday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that drug overdose deaths fell 3% over the past year—the first decline in more than five …

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2024/05/15/statement-hhs-secretary-xavier-becerra-new-drug-overdose-death-data.html

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Overdose Deaths Dropped in U.S. in 2023 for First Time in Five Years

(7 days ago) WEBDrug overdoses overall in 2023 were estimated at 107,543, down from 111,029 in 2022, a 3 percent drop. Jan Hoffman is a health reporter for The Times …

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/health/drug-overdose-deaths.html

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In grim milestone, U.S. overdose deaths top 100,000 for third …

(Just Now) WEBA Portland, Ore., emergency health worker places a patient in an ambulance Jan. 25 after the drug naloxone was used to reverse a suspected fentanyl drug …

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/05/15/opioid-deaths-100000/

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US overdose deaths dropped in 2023, the first time since 2018 AP …

(7 days ago) WEBFILE - A container of Narcan, a brand name version of the opioid overdose-reversal drug naloxone, sits on a table following a demonstration at the Health and …

https://apnews.com/article/drug-overdose-deaths-us-cdc-12e961d78cc0458e84a07e0b3f7d1bbc

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More than 320,000 children lost a parent to drug overdoses in a

(2 days ago) WEBMore children — over 192,000 — lost a father to drug overdose compared to the 129,000 who lost a mother. More than half of these bereaved kids had parents …

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/05/08/1249918051/drug-overdose-orphans-opioids-cdc-nida

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First drop in overdose deaths in 6 years, US preliminary data shows

(2 days ago) WEBThe number of deaths from drug overdose fell 3% to 107,543 in 2023 from the previous year, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Centers for Disease …

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/first-drop-overdose-deaths-6-years-us-preliminary-data-shows-2024-05-15/

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Nearly 100,000 children in the US lost a parent to a drug overdose …

(8 days ago) WEBFederal data shows that drug overdose deaths are most common and rising fastest among people in their mid-30s and 40s, and the new study found a significant …

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/04/health/parent-death-drug-overdose-gun-violence/index.html

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Opioid Crisis: Mass. overdoses fall for first time in four years

(8 days ago) WEBDrug overdose deaths fell by more than 10 percent in Massachusetts in 2023 compared with the prior year, the first year-over-year decrease in four years, …

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/05/17/business/2023-annual-overdoses-decline/

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Overdose death rates increased significantly for Black, American …

(8 days ago) WEBOverdose death rates for AI/AN women 25–44 years of age were nearly two times that of White women 25–44 years of age. Additionally the report analyzed drug …

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/s0719-overdose-rates-vs.html

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‘Alarming’ rise in drug overdoses in Australia as heroin-linked …

(Just Now) WEBAlmost 80% of all drug-induced deaths in 2022 (1,878) were unintentional, the report found. Opioids were the most common drug involved in unintentional deaths, …

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/10/alarming-rise-in-drug-overdoses-in-australia-as-heroin-linked-deaths-surge-40

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MMWR, Drug Overdose Deaths, by Selected …

(8 days ago) WEBVital Signs: Drug Overdose Deaths, by Selected Sociodemographic and Social Determinants of Health Characteristics — 25 States and county-level social …

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/pdfs/mm7129e2-H.pdf

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Over 115 million pills containing illicit fentanyl seized by law

(4 days ago) WEBLaw enforcement seizures of illicit fentanyl increased dramatically in number and size between 2017 to 2023 in the U.S., especially in pill form, according to a new …

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/over-115-million-pills-containing-illicit-fentanyl-seized-law-enforcement-2023

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