The opioid crisis in the pandemic era
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Author(s):
- Planalp, Colin, author Stewart, Andrea, (Of State Health Access Data Assistance Center (Minn.)), author
- Contributor(s):
- State Health Access Data Assistance Center (Minn.) issuing body. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
- Publication:
- [Minneapolis, Minnesota] : State Health Access Data Assistance Center, November 2023
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Amphetamine-Related Disorders -- mortality COVID-19 Opioid Epidemic -- statistics & numerical data Opioid Epidemic -- trends Opioid-Related Disorders -- mortality Prescription Drug Overuse -- trends United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- This brief examines recent trends in the United States’ opioid crisis and patterns in drug overdose death rates from 2019 to 2021, representing the first years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Data showed that fentanyl overdoses soared and contributed to growing deaths from prescription opioids, methamphetamine, and cocaine.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (10 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918734077006676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918734077006676