IDRS Drug Trends Bulletin December 2017:
Lifetime and recent opioid overdose among a sample of people who inject drugs in Australia
Key findings:
- 45% of participants in the survey of people who inject drugs (PWID) conducted as part of the IDRS reported having ever had an opioid overdose.
- 14% reported recently having an opioid overdose.
- PWID who initiated injecting with pharmaceutical opioids were more likely to report experiencing an overdose with these drugs.
- Reports of recent opioid overdose were associated with daily alcohol use and illicit benzodiazepine use.
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Date Commenced
19 Dec 2017
Resource Type
Illicit Drug Reporting System Bulletins
Author(s)
Paul Dietze, Penny Hill
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