Publication type:
Research Paper / Project Report
Agency:
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
Summary:
A report summarizing the results of an analysis of 140 deaths from unintentional opiate overdose in King County, Washington. The report concludes that deaths from opiate overdose increased substantially in this area between 1990 and 1999. The report also lists interventions to decrease unintentional opiate overdose.
Keywords:
deaths; heroin; injection drug use; IDU; methadone; overdose