Understanding the Rise in Overdose Deaths Involving Opioids and Non-Opioid Prescription Drugs in the

Understanding the Rise in Overdose Deaths Involving Opioids and Non-Opioid Prescription Drugs in the United States, in International Journal of Drug Policy

key takeaway: "Exposure to reformulation predicted growth in overdose deaths involving gabapentinoids and Z-drugs. There is less evidence that it predicted growth in overdose deaths involving benzodiazepines. However, for all substances, there is strong evidence that pre-reformulation OxyContin misuse rates predicted post-reformulation growth in overdose deaths concurrently involving synthetic opioids."