Reuters (1/30, Rapaport) reports, “Fatal overdoses involving cocaine and other stimulants like methamphetamine have been rising in the U.S. in recent years, and many deaths involve the use of these drugs along with at least one opioid,” researchers concluded after examining “data on nonfatal overdoses from 2006 to 2016 and fatal overdoses from 2006 to 2017 involving cocaine, psychostimulants and opioids.” The study revealed that “as of 2016, 27% of cocaine overdoses and 14% of stimulant overdoses treated in U.S. emergency” departments “also involved an opioid,” whereas “in 2017, almost 75% of overdose deaths involving cocaine and half involving stimulants also involved at least one opioid.” The findings were published online Jan. 7 in the journal Addiction.
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— “Stimulant overdoses rising in the U.S, “Lisa Rapaport, Reuters, January 30, 2020