Racial and Ethnic Differences in Heroin, Methamphetamine, and Cocaine Use, Treatment, and Mortality Trends in 3 National Data Sources-United States, 2010-2019

• Published in: Medical care Vol. 62; no. 3; p. 151
• Main Authors: Shearer, Riley D, Segel, Joel E, Howell, Benjamin A, Jones, Abenaa A, Khatri, Utsha G, Teixeira da Silva, Daniel, Vest, Noel, Winkelman, Tyler N A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.03.2024
• Subjects: Adult; Analgesics, Opioid; Cocaine; Cross-Sectional Studies; Drug Overdose; Heroin; Humans; Methamphetamine; Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology; United States - epidemiology; United States

As overdose deaths continue to rise, public health officials need comprehensive surveillance data to design effective prevention, harm reduction, and treatment strategies. Disparities across race and ethnicity groups, as well as trends in substance use, treatment, or overdose deaths, have been exami...