Association of Methamphetamine and Opioid Use With Nonfatal Overdose in Rural Communities.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Overdoses continue to increase in the US, but the contribution of methamphetamine use is understudied in rural communities.

Objective

To estimate the prevalence of methamphetamine use and its correlates among people who use drugs (PWUD) in rural US communities and to determine whether methamphetamine use is associated with increased nonfatal overdoses.

Design, setting, and participants

From January 2018 through March 2020, the National Rural Opioid Initiative conducted cross-sectional surveys of PWUD in rural communities in 10 states (Illinois, Kentucky, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin). Participants included rural PWUD who reported any past-30-day injection drug use or noninjection opioid us

SUBMITTER: Korthuis PT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9379740 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature