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CDC report highlights role of stimulants in overdose deaths
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.32160
Subject(s) - fentanyl , opioid overdose , opioid , opioid epidemic , medicine , drug overdose , pharmacology , medical emergency , poison control , (+) naloxone , receptor
It's essential to pay attention to other substances, even in the midst of an opioid epidemic, especially when stimulants such as cocaine are being mixed with illicit fentanyl, which is responsible for the huge increase in overdose mortality.