Abstract

Objective: This report identifies the specific drugs involved most frequently in drug overdose deaths in the United States from 2011 through 2016.

Methods: Record-level data from the 2011–2016 National Vital Statistics System–Mortality files were linked to electronic files containing literal text information from death certificates. Drug overdose deaths were identified using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision underlying causeof-death codes X40–X44, X60–X64, X85, and Y10–Y14. Drug mentions were identified by searching the literal text in three fields of the...

Education plays a critical role in preventing substance abuse . Drugs of Abuse, A DEA Resource Guide, is designed to be a reliable resource on the most commonly abused and misused drugs in the United States. This comprehensive guide provides important information about the harms and consequences of drug use by describing a drug’s effects on the body and mind, overdose potential, origin, legal status, and other key facts.

Drugs of Abuse also offers a list of additional drug education and prevention resources, including the DEA websites: www.DEA.gov; www.JustThinkTwice.com, aimed at teenagers...

L'uso di droghe continua a rappresentare un problema significativo nelle Americhe e che sfida i responsabili politici ai massimi livelli. La Commissione interamericana per il controllo dell'abuso di droga (conosciuta con il suo acronimo in lingua spagnola, CICAD), dell'Organizzazione degli Stati americani (OAS), funge da forum preminente dell'emisfero occidentale per la discussione politica e la cooperazione emisferica sulle droghe. Insieme ad altre responsabilità, il Segretariato Esecutivo del CICAD supporta gli Stati membri dell'OAS fornendo un quadro basato sull'evidenza del problema della...