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Recent increases in cocaine-related overdose deaths and the role of opioids

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  • Jones, C.M.
  • Baldwin, G.T.
  • Compton, W.M.

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Objectives. To assess trends in cocaine overdose deaths and examine the role opioids play in these deaths. Methods. We used data on drug overdose deaths in the United States from 2000 to 2015 collected in the National Vital Statistics System to calculate annual rates and numbers of cocaine-related overdose deaths overall and deaths both involving and not involving opioids. We assessed statistically significant changes in trends with joinpoint regression. Results. Rates of cocaine-related overdose deaths increased significantly from 1.26 to 2.50 per 100 000 population from 2000 to 2006, declined to 1.35 in 2010, and increased to 2.13 in 2015. Cocaine-related overdose deaths involving opioids increased from 0.37 to 0.91 from 2000 to 2006, declined to 0.57 in 2010, and then increased to 1.36 in 2015. Cocaine-related overdose deaths not involving opioids increased from 0.89 to 1.59 from 2000 to 2006 and then declined to 0.78 in 2015. Conclusions. Opioids, primarily heroin and synthetic opioids, have been driving the recent increase in cocaine-relatedoverdosedeaths.This corresponds to thegrowing supply anduseof heroin and illicitly manufactured fentanyl in the United States.

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  • Jones, C.M. & Baldwin, G.T. & Compton, W.M., 2017. "Recent increases in cocaine-related overdose deaths and the role of opioids," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 107(3), pages 430-432.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2016.303627_0
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303627
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    1. Anca M. Grecu & Dhaval M. Dave & Henry Saffer, 2019. "Mandatory Access Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs and Prescription Drug Abuse," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 38(1), pages 181-209, January.
    2. David Powell & Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, 2021. "The Evolving Consequences of OxyContin Reformulation on Drug Overdoses," American Journal of Health Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 7(1), pages 41-67.

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