For the 12-month period ending in May 2020, the CDC reported 81,000 drug overdose deaths — the most ever recorded in a 12-month period in the United States. We interviewed Danielle F. Haley, MPH, PhD, assistant professor in the department of community health sciences at the Boston University School of Public Health about COVID-19 and the rates of substance abuse and overdose cases.
The study researchers examined what proportion of individuals seeking care at an emergency department for mental health or addiction-related reasons have had no access to outpatient services in the preceding 2 years.
Dual use of an electronic nicotine delivery system and smoked tobacco is associated with an increased risk for incident respiratory symptoms compared with use of either product alone.
The researchers examined data for individuals age 12 to 25 from national surveys on drug use and looked at initiation dates, use in the past 12 months, lifetime use, and diagnosed substance use disorders.
