Charting the Course of US Overdose and Mental Health Crises
Joseph Friedman, MD, PhD, MPH
“Chill packs” are like naloxone but for breaking the cycle of methamphetamine induced psychosis.
Self administered olanzapine as psychiatric harm reduction to prevent hospitalization.
Our review discusses the concept and evidence: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Counterfeit pills confer unique risk by expanding who is vulnerable to fentanyl and synthetic drug overdose.
Many consumers who would never try fentanyl powder may be willing to take a tablet they believe to contain oxycodone or alprazolam.
Full talk: youtu.be/JRcWrhyNgrc?...
Out now in @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social "US overdose mortality saw first drop below the Jalal-Burke exponential growth curve in 2024"
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Open access: kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
Based on viewpoint in @thelancetph.bsky.social with @dan-ciccarone.bsky.social
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Out now in @addictionjournal.bsky.social
We find that the 4th wave of the overdose crisis (fentanyl plus stimulants) declined for the first time in 2024, but deaths involving stimulants, deaths involving xylazine, and racial disparities rise in importance
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
“US overdose mortality saw first drop below the Jalal-Burke exponential growth curve in 2024” by @josephrfriedman.bsky.social and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social what factors most contributed to the 2024 overdose mortality decline?
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Joseph Friedman, MD, PhD, MPH
Joseph Friedman, MD, PhD, MPH
Joseph Friedman, MD, PhD, MPH
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Joseph Friedman, MD, PhD, MPH
Joseph Friedman, MD, PhD, MPH
The prevalence of methamphetamine use disorder has risen across the United States and many other countries, which has led to a concomitant rise in methamphetamine-induced psychosis (MIP). A promising ...
Between 1979 and 2016, US overdose death rates rose in a smooth fashion, described by Jalal and Burke using an exponential growth curve that fit obser…
