Findings seen for Black patients presenting to the emergency department
Monthly DOD rate declined by −0.36 per 100,000 from August 2023 to February 2024, accelerating through October 2024
Since 2020, fatal synthetic opioid-only overdose rates higher than polydrug overdose rates involving synthetic opioids
Declines seen across drug classes and for most states
Most individuals report that their first opioid exposure involved prescription opioids for themselves or others
Highest percentage of cocaine co-involvement seen in industries that are less physically strenuous
Opioid prescriptions in the emergency department linked to small increases in hospital admission and subsequent opioid prescription use
This trend may be driven by increases in heroin and synthetic opioids coinvolvement