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Changing Trends in Drug Overdose Mortality in Kentucky: An Examination of Race and Ethnicity, Age, and Contributing Drugs, 2016-2020.
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- Description of implementing a mail-based overdose education and naloxone distribution program in community supervision settings during COVID-19.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2025Trial
- Fentanyl purity and overdose decline: A reexamination of geographic trends.Science advances · 2026Article
- Fentanyl Purity and Overdose Decline: A Reexamination of Geographic Trends.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Higher drug overdose mortality among non-hispanic black adults aged 55 and older in the U.S.: Analysis of national death records from CDC's WONDER database (1999-2023).Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2026Article
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- Knowledge, experiences, and perceptions of medications for opioid use disorder among Black Kentuckians.Annals of medicine · 2024Article
- Regional differences in fatal drug overdose deaths among Black and White individuals in the United States, 2012-2021.The American journal on addictions · 2024Article
- Varying circumstances surrounding opioid toxicity deaths across ethno-racial groups in Ontario, Canada: a population-based descriptive cross-sectional study.BMJ public health · 2024Article
- Equity of overdose education and naloxone distribution provided in the Kentucky HEALing Communities Study.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2024Article
- Examination of naloxone dosing patterns for opioid overdose by emergency medical services in Kentucky during increased fentanyl use from 2018 to 2021.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2024Article
- The development of a recovery coaching training curriculum to facilitate linkage to and increase retention on medications for opioid use disorder.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Drugs involved in Kentucky drug poisoning deaths and relation with antecedent controlled substance prescription dispensing.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesIncreased drug overdose mortality among non-Hispanic Black people in the United States in the past 5 years highlights the need for better tailored programs and services. We evaluated (1) changes in drug overdose mortality for various racial and ethnic groups and (2) drug involvement to inform drug overdose prevention efforts in Kentucky.
methodsWe used Kentucky death certificates and postmortem toxicology reports from 2016-2020 (provisional data) to estimate changes in age-adjusted drug overdose death rates per 100 000 standard population.
resultsThe age-adjusted drug overdose death rate per 100 000 standard population among non-Hispanic Black residents doubled from 2016 (21.2) to 2020 (46.0), reaching the rate among non-Hispanic White residents in 2020 (48.7;
conclusionsIncreased opioid-involved overdose deaths among non-Hispanic Black residents in Kentucky in combination with rapidly expanding concomitant psychostimulant involvement require increased understanding of the social, cultural, and illicit market circumstances driving these rapid trend changes. Our findings underscore the urgent need to expand treatment and harm reduction services to non-Hispanic Black residents with substance use disorder.
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