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Suspected Heroin Overdoses in US Emergency Departments, 2017–2018 Open
Objectives. To describe changes in suspected heroin overdose emergency department (ED) visits. Methods. We analyzed quarterly and yearly changes in heroin overdoses during 2017–2018 by using data from 23 states and jurisdictions (including…
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Increases in Drug and Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths — United States, 2010–2015 Open
The U.S. opioid epidemic is continuing, and drug overdose deaths nearly tripled during 1999-2014. Among 47,055 drug overdose deaths that occurred in 2014 in the United States, 28,647 (60.9%) involved an opioid (1). Illicit opioids are cont…