Titre : | Toxicosurveillance in the US opioid epidemic (2017) |
Auteurs : | S. N. LUCYK ; L. S. NELSON |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.46, August 2017) |
Article en page(s) : | 168-171 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus géographique ETATS-UNISThésaurus mots-clés SURVEILLANCE EPIDEMIOLOGIQUE ; TOXICOLOGIE ; OPIOIDES ; HEROINE ; ANALGESIQUES ; SURDOSE ; FENTANYL |
Résumé : | The opioid epidemic presents an ever-changing epidemiological, clinical, and forensic landscape that poses a significant challenge to regulators and legislators. Heroin is a long-standing contributor to opioid related death, but its use and consequences have markedly escalated over the past 20 years. US national surveillance mortality data suggests heroin deaths have more than quintupled since 2000, with 10,574 deaths reported in 2014 (Compton, Jones, & Baldwin, 2016). Changes in the heroin marketplace including increased purity, increased availability, and adulteration with synthetic opioids, specifically fentanyl and its congeners, contribute to its toxicity. [Extract] |
Domaine : | Autres substances / Other substances ; Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Affiliation : | Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
Cote : | Abonnement |
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