Correlates of recent overdose among people who inject drugs in the San Diego/Tijuana border region.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Along the Mexico-US border, illicitly manufactured fentanyls (fentanyl) have been detected in other illicit drugs, including street opioid formulations known as 'china white.' We studied correlates of recent overdose among people who inject drugs (PWID), focusing on the risk of knowlingly or unknowingly using fentanyl in china white.

Methods

From October 2020 - September, 2021 we surveyed participants in San Diego, California and Tijuana, Mexico and employed Poisson regression to identify correlates of recent overdose.

Results

Of 612 PWID, most were male (74.0 %), Latinx (71.9 %), US residents (67.0 %). Mean age was 43 years. In the last six months, 15.8 % experienced overdose, 31.0 % knowingly used fentanyl and 11.1 % used china white, of whom 77.9 % did n

SUBMITTER: Bailey K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9608984 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature