An Overlooked Emergency: More Than One in Eight US Adults Have Had Their Lives Disrupted by Drug Overdose Deaths

Am J Public Health. 2024 Mar;114(3):276-279. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2023.307550.

Authors

Alison Athey¹, Beau Kilmer¹, Julie Cerel¹

Affiliation

¹ Alison Athey is with The RAND Corporation, Washington, DC. Beau Kilmer is with The RAND Corporation and the Pardee RAND Graduate School, Santa Monica, CA. Julie Cerel is with the College of Social Work, University of Kentucky, Lexington.

PMID: 38382027
PMCID: PMC10882395 (available on 2026-03-01)
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2023.307550

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Adult
Analgesics, Opioid
Drug Overdose*
Humans
Opioid-Related Disorders*

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid