Opioids Archives

06.23.2020 a graph of a number of people with different colored lines

Missed Hepatitis C

Largely due to the opioid epidemic, hepatitis C infection rates among pregnant women in the US have tripled since the 1990s.

Fellow Tasha McAbee

03.31.2020 a graph with blue and orange bars

Opioid Ups and Downs

For the first time since 1999, the national drug overdose death rate declined in 2018, an important marker of the nation’s response to the opioid epidemic.

Fellow Edward Alexander

01.08.2020 a pile of prescription bottles

Pain, Prescriptions, and Prejudice

African Americans disproportionately inherit sickle cell disease and depend on opioids to cope with pain, making treatment a challenge during an epidemic.

Fellow Jori Fortson

10.25.2019 a city skyline at dusk

An Historic Opioid Study

Researchers at Boston Medical Center were selected to represent Massachusetts in a $350 million study to address the opioid epidemic.

Fellow Julia Garcia

09.24.2019 Graph showing deaths form suicide, alcohol and drug overdose impacts in US states

Suicide, Alcohol, and Drug Deaths

Paying attention to experiences of states allows for more tailored and effective interventions addressing deaths from suicide, alcohol, and drug overdose.

Fellow Oluwatobi Alliyu

09.16.2019 a graph of the number of people with alcohol and suicide

The Suffering Generation

Premature deaths from suicide and alcohol or drug overdoses reflect record-high societal rates of anxiety and depression among Millennials.

Fellow Greg Kantor

07.26.2019 a pair of hands in handcuffs

Criminalizing Pregnancy

Criminalizing substance use during pregnancy is common, but there is no evidence that prosecuting women for using substances during pregnancy helps.

Guest Author Sugy Choi

07.08.2019 a building with a dome on top

Inside Massachusetts’ Civil Commitment Process

Massachusetts provides a well-intentioned but imperfect example of how civil commitment policy can be implemented for those with substance use disorders.

Guest Authors Alex E. Woodruff, Paul Christopher

06.25.2019 a boat on the water

Fentanyl East of the Mississippi

Naloxone and fentanyl test strips are rising as promising strategies to combat the rise in fentanyl-related overdose deaths east of the Mississippi.

Fellow Julia Garcia

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