Severe burns present growing threat in overdose epidemic

A new analysis in Oregon reveals a heightened incidence of severe burns requiring hospital-level care as illicit drug use nationwide has shifted from injection to smoking. Researchers analyzed Oregon ...
Psychology Today

Highest Drug-Taking Risks

Polysubstance use has become a defining feature of the U.S. overdose crisis in the past decade. While not every overdose involves multiple substances, a significant and growing proportion includes ...
STAT

Drug injection fades as smoking grows more common, marking sea change in U.S. fentanyl epidemic

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. ROCHESTER, N.H. — Megan Merrill paused, mid-hike, as she surveyed the steep drop before her. She was standing on a five-foot snow drift, icy ...
London Free Press

Health officials warn defunding supervised drug site could worsen crisis

Ontario’s move to pull funding for London’s only supervised drug consumption site could worsen overdoses and health risks in a city already struggling with homelessness and addiction, health officials ...