What are the implications of the steady 40 year rise in US fatal overdoses?: Introduction to a special section

Reuter, Peter

doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103693

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“…While deaths from prescription opioids have declined, deaths from heroin and synthetic opioids have increased rapidly ( Jalal et al, 2018 ). Illegal fentanyl has driven much of the recent increases ( Reuter, 2022 ). Moreover, the burden of drug overdose mortality has shifted towards mid-aged (20 to 40), white, rural populations ( Jalal et al, 2018 ).…”

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Impact of COVID-19 on the characteristics of opioid overdose deaths in Arkansas

Rezaeiahari¹,

Fairman²

2022

International Journal of Drug Policy

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Impact of COVID-19 on the characteristics of opioid overdose deaths in Arkansas

Rezaeiahari¹,

Fairman²

2022

International Journal of Drug Policy

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“…As Richard Reuter, editor of the International Journal of Drug Policy wrote recently: "Ever since 1978, with almost clockwork regularity, the [fatal overdose] number has risen by about 7.4% year after year from 1978 to about 2018...Overdose deaths have witnessed exponential growth since 1979...though the findings are specific to the United States, there is nothing about the potential mechanisms that should apply only in that one country" [10].…”

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No Health without Mental Health: Taking Action to Heal a World in Distress—With People, Places, and Planet ‘in Mind’

Prescott

Greeson²,

El‐Sherbini³

2022

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The unprecedented global rise in mental anguish is closely linked with the erosion of our social fabric, economic and political systems, and to our natural environments. We are facing multiple new large-scale threats to health, safety, and security, with a growing lack of trust in others and in authorities. Pervasive stress, anxiety, depression, and uncertainty are of a nature and scale we have never seen before—manifesting in surging violence, community breakdown, domestic abuse, opioid and other drug overdoses, social isolation, and suicides—with alarming new mental health trends in children and young people. This has been made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic and amplified by an exponential increase in the amount and immediacy of information propagated through electronic media—often negative with manipulative intent aimed at dividing opinions through anger and fear. At the same time, there has been progressive erosion of kindness, civility, compassion, and social supports. Here, in this report from a “campfire” meeting held by the Nova Institute for Health, we discuss the importance of understanding the complexity of these interrelated threats which impact individual and collective mental health. Our dialog highlighted the need for efforts that build both individual and community resilience with more empowering, positive, and inspiring shared narratives that increase purpose and belonging. This includes placing greater value on positive assets that promote awareness and resilience, including creativity, spirituality, mindfulness, and nature connection—recognizing that ‘inner’ transitions contribute to shifts in mindsets for ‘outward’ transformation in communities and the world at large. Ultimately, these strategies also encourage and normalize mutualistic values that are essential for collectively improving the health of people, places, and the planet, by overcoming the destructive, exploitative worldviews which created so many of our current challenges in the first place.

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Changing dynamics of drug overdoses in the United Kingdom: An attempt to replicate the Jalal et al. findings of steady exponential growth

Aziani

Caulkins

2023

International Journal of Drug Policy

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What are the implications of the steady 40 year rise in US fatal overdoses?: Introduction to a special section

Cited by 3 publications

References 7 publications

Impact of COVID-19 on the characteristics of opioid overdose deaths in Arkansas

Impact of COVID-19 on the characteristics of opioid overdose deaths in Arkansas

No Health without Mental Health: Taking Action to Heal a World in Distress—With People, Places, and Planet ‘in Mind’

Changing dynamics of drug overdoses in the United Kingdom: An attempt to replicate the Jalal et al. findings of steady exponential growth

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