OVERDOSE DEATHS FROM SMOKING DRUGS NOW EXCEED INJECTION

Over the last 3 decades, there have been several fluctuations in opioid use patterns and prevalence estimates in the United States. The predominant opioid involved in overdose deaths shifted from prescription opioids in the 1990’s and early 2000’s, to heroin in 2010, and to synthetic opioids like...

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Tanz, L. J. (2024). Routes of Drug Use Among Drug Overdose Deaths—United States, 2020–2022. MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 73. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7306a2

Publication Date

2024

Format

Scientific article

Themes

Psychoactive Substances

Addiction

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Keywords

smoking