Police Drug Enforcement Operations Increase Risk Of Overdose Deaths, American Medical Association-Published Study Finds
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#DrugPolicy #OverdoseAwareness #PublicHealth #LawEnforcement #AMAInsights
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Law Enforcement Drug Seizures and Opioid-Involved Overdose Mortality
This cross-sectional study examines the geospatial association between law enforcement drug seizures and opioid-involved overdose mortality in San Francisco, California, between 2020 and 2023.
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A new study of 3.26M US adults found that being jailed increases overdose death risk 3-fold ⚠️💔 and raises overall mortality by 39% 📉.
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#OverdoseAwareness #CriminalJusticeReform #PublicHealthCrisis #MentalHealthMatters #PreventingOverdoses
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Individual- and Area-Level Incarceration and Mortality
This cohort study examines the associations between both individual- and area-level incarceration rates with all-cause and overdose mortality in the US.
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A synthetic opioid 1000 times more potent than morphine is infiltrating the street drug trade in Adelaide, Australia. 💊 Nitazenes led to 32 overdose deaths in Australia between 2020 and 2024, with 84% of patients unaware the synthetic opioid was present in the drug they consumed. ⚠️💔
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#SyntheticOpioids #AdelaideDrugTrade #OverdoseAwareness #Nitazenes #PublicHealthCrisis
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Searching for a lethal needle in a haystack: synthetic opioid 1000 times more potent than morphine
A synthetic opioid 1000 times more potent than morphine is infiltrating the street drug trade in Adelaide, Australia, sparking fears of a wave of overdoses that could be lethal.
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