Prevalence and correlates of non-fatal overdose among people who use drugs: findings from rapid assessments in Massachusetts, 2017–2019

Understanding opioid overdose risk and response preparedness among people who use cocaine and other drugs: Mixed-methods findings from a large, multi-city study

(2021) Jaclyn M. W. Hughto et al.   Substance Abuse

On my own terms: Motivations for self-treating opioid-use disorder with non-prescribed buprenorphine

(2020) Sydney M. Silverstein et al.   DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE

Opioid use disorder and the COVID 19 pandemic: A call to sustain regulatory easements and further expand access to treatment

(2020) Traci C. Green et al.   Substance Abuse

Drug and Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths — United States, 2017–2018

(2020) Nana Wilson et al.   MMWR-MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT

Decriminalization of Diverted Buprenorphine in Burlington, Vermont and Philadelphia: An Intervention to Reduce Opioid Overdose Deaths

(2020) Brandon del Pozo et al.   JOURNAL OF LAW MEDICINE & ETHICS

Evaluation of an Unsanctioned Safe Consumption Site in the United States

(2020) Alex H. Kral et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Examining Factors Associated with Non-Fatal Overdose among People Who Inject Drugs in Rural Appalachia

(2020) Janet K. Otachi et al.   SUBSTANCE USE & MISUSE

Frequent Cannabis Use and Cessation of Injection of Opioids, Vancouver, Canada, 2005–2018

(2020) Hudson Reddon et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Nonfatal Drug and Polydrug Overdoses Treated in Emergency Departments — 29 States, 2018–2019

(2020) Stephen Liu et al.   MMWR-MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT

Notes from the Field: HIV Diagnoses Among Persons Who Inject Drugs — Northeastern Massachusetts, 2015–2018

(2019) Kevin Cranston et al.   MMWR-MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT

Fentanyl and Drug Overdose: Perceptions of Fentanyl Risk, Overdose Risk Behaviors, and Opportunities for Intervention among People who use Opioids in Baltimore, USA

(2019) Carl. A. Latkin et al.   SUBSTANCE USE & MISUSE

One-Year Mortality of Patients After Emergency Department Treatment for Nonfatal Opioid Overdose

(2019) Scott G. Weiner et al.   ANNALS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Take-home naloxone possession among people who inject drugs in rural West Virginia

(2019) Sean T. Allen et al.   DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE

Patterns of non-prescribed buprenorphine and other opioid use among individuals with opioid use disorder: A latent class analysis

(2019) Raminta Daniulaityte et al.   DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE

Frequency of cannabis and illicit opioid use among people who use drugs and report chronic pain: A longitudinal analysis

(2019) Stephanie Lake et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Opioid Use Fueling HIV Transmission in an Urban Setting: An Outbreak of HIV Infection Among People Who Inject Drugs—Massachusetts, 2015–2018

(2019) Charles Alpren et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Injection drug use and overdose among young adults who use prescription opioids non-medically

(2018) Elliott J. Liebling et al.   ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS

Cannabis Use and Risk of Prescription Opioid Use Disorder in the United States

(2018) Mark Olfson et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY

Medication for Opioid Use Disorder After Nonfatal Opioid Overdose and Association With Mortality

(2018) Marc R. Larochelle et al.   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Risks of fatal opioid overdose during the first year following nonfatal overdose

(2018) Mark Olfson et al.   DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE

Exploring opioid use disorder, its impact, and treatment among individuals experiencing homelessness as part of a family

(2018) Avik Chatterjee et al.   DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE

Prescription drug use, misuse and related substance use disorder symptoms vary by educational status and attainment in U.S. adolescents and young adults

(2018) Ty S. Schepis et al.   DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE

Medical Marijuana Users are More Likely to Use Prescription Drugs Medically and Nonmedically

(2018) Theodore L. Caputi et al.   Journal of Addiction Medicine

Association of Medical and Adult-Use Marijuana Laws With Opioid Prescribing for Medicaid Enrollees

(2018) Hefei Wen et al.   JAMA Internal Medicine

Nonprescription naloxone and syringe sales in the midst of opioid overdose and hepatitis C virus epidemics: Massachusetts, 2015

(2017) Thomas J. Stopka et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION

Global prevalence of injecting drug use and sociodemographic characteristics and prevalence of HIV, HBV, and HCV in people who inject drugs: a multistage systematic review

(2017) Louisa Degenhardt et al.   Lancet Global Health

Characteristics of Fentanyl Overdose — Massachusetts, 2014–2016

(2017) Nicholas J. Somerville et al.   MMWR-MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT

Deaths Involving Fentanyl, Fentanyl Analogs, and U-47700 — 10 States, July–December 2016

(2017) Julie K. O’Donnell et al.   MMWR-MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT

Nonmedical Prescription Opioid Use and Mental Health and Pain Comorbidities: A Narrative Review

(2017) Erica Amari et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY-REVUE CANADIENNE DE PSYCHIATRIE

Treatment utilization among persons with opioid use disorder in the United States

(2016) Li-Tzy Wu et al.   DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE

Medical Marijuana Laws Reduce Prescription Medication Use In Medicare Part D

(2016) Ashley C. Bradford et al.   HEALTH AFFAIRS

Relationship between Nonmedical Prescription-Opioid Use and Heroin Use

(2016) Wilson M. Compton et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Is cannabis use associated with less opioid use among people who inject drugs?

(2015) Alex H. Kral et al.   DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE

Expanded Access to Naloxone Among Firefighters, Police Officers, and Emergency Medical Technicians in Massachusetts

(2014) Corey S. Davis et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Nonmedical prescription drug use among US young adults by educational attainment

(2014) Silvia S. Martins et al.   SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY

The Changing Face of Heroin Use in the United States

(2014) Theodore J. Cicero et al.   JAMA Psychiatry

EMS Runs for Suspected Opioid Overdose: Implications for Surveillance and Prevention

(2013) Amy Knowlton et al.   Prehospital Emergency Care

Opioid overdose rates and implementation of overdose education and nasal naloxone distribution in Massachusetts: interrupted time series analysis

(2013) A. Y. Walley et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Incidence and risk factors for non-fatal overdose among a cohort of recently incarcerated illicit drug users

(2012) Stuart A. Kinner et al.   ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS

Inability to access buprenorphine treatment as a risk factor for using diverted buprenorphine

(2012) Michelle R. Lofwall et al.   DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE

Illicit Use of Buprenorphine/Naloxone Among Injecting and Noninjecting Opioid Users

(2011) Alexander R. Bazazi et al.   Journal of Addiction Medicine

Reduction in overdose mortality after the opening of North America's first medically supervised safer injecting facility: a retrospective population-based study

(2011) Brandon DL Marshall et al.   LANCET

The impact of a supervised injecting facility on ambulance call-outs in Sydney, Australia

(2010) Allison M. Salmon et al.   ADDICTION

Health Care Reform in Massachusetts: Implementation of Coverage Expansions and a Health Insurance Mandate

(2010) MICHAEL T. DOONAN et al.   MILBANK QUARTERLY

Non-Fatal Overdose Among a Cohort of Active Injection Drug Users Recruited from a Supervised Injection Facility

(2008) M.-J. S. Milloy et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE