[HTML][HTML] The rise of illicit fentanyls, stimulants and the fourth wave of the opioid overdose crisis

D Ciccarone - Current opinion in psychiatry, 2021‏ - journals.lww.com
A 'fourth wave'of high mortality involving methamphetamine and cocaine use has been
gathering force in the USA. Availability and use of illicit fentanyls are still the major drivers of …

Improving access to evidence-based medical treatment for opioid use disorder: strategies to address key barriers within the treatment system

BK Madras, NJ Ahmad, J Wen… - NAM perspectives, 2020‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Even though evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorders (OUD) is effective, almost
four in five Americans with OUD do not receive any form of treatment. The gap in access to …

Life expectancy and mortality rates in the United States, 1959-2017

SH Woolf, H Schoomaker - Jama, 2019‏ - jamanetwork.com
Importance US life expectancy has not kept pace with that of other wealthy countries and is
now decreasing. Objective To examine vital statistics and review the history of changes in …

[PDF][PDF] The opioid epidemic: a review of the contributing factors, negative consequences, and best practices

D Judd, CR King, C Galke, C King, C Galke - Cureus, 2023‏ - cureus.com
The opioid epidemic is a significant public health crisis that has caused extensive harm and
devastation in the United States. This literature review aimed to identify the contributing …

The opioid crisis: the war on drugs is over. Long live the war on drugs

M Gottschalk - Annual review of criminology, 2023‏ - annualreviews.org
A closer examination of media coverage, the response of law enforcement and policy
makers, the legislative record, and the availability of proven, high-quality treatments for …

Stigmatize the use, not the user? Attitudes on opioid use, drug injection, treatment, and overdose prevention in rural communities

JM Ezell, S Walters, SR Friedman, R Bolinski… - Social science & …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Stigma is a known barrier to treating substance use disorders and dramatically diminishes
the quality of life of people who use drugs (PWUD) nonmedically. Stigma against PWUD …

Association between educational attainment and causes of death among white and black US adults, 2010-2017

I Sasson, MD Hayward - Jama, 2019‏ - jamanetwork.com
Importance There are substantial and increasing educational differences in US adult life
expectancy. To reduce social inequalities in mortality, it is important to understand how …

Pharmacy-related buprenorphine access barriers: an audit of pharmacies in counties with a high opioid overdose burden

NJ Kazerouni, AN Irwin, XA Levander, J Geddes… - Drug and alcohol …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Background Pharmacies sometimes restrict access to buprenorphine-naloxone
(buprenorphine) for individuals with opioid use disorder. The objective of this study was to …

The impact of the opioid crisis on US state prison systems

CK Scott, ML Dennis, CE Grella, AF Mischel… - Health & justice, 2021‏ - Springer
Background Prior studies have documented limited use of medications to treat opioid use
disorders (OUD) for people incarcerated within state prisons in the United States. Using the …

The contributions of socioeconomic and opioid supply factors to US drug mortality rates: Urban-rural and within-rural differences

SM Monnat - Journal of rural studies, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Over the past two decades deaths from opioids and other drugs have grown to be a major
US population health problem, but the magnitude of the crisis varies across the US, and …