The 50 Best Articles on Overdose Prevention

Closing death’s door: Action Steps to Facilitate Emergency Opioid Drug Overdose Reversal in the U.S.

Sporer KA.
Acute heroin overdose.
Ann Intern Med. 1999 Apr 6;130(7):584-90. Review.

Sporer KA.
Strategies for preventing heroin overdose.
BMJ. 2003 Feb 22;326(7386):442-4. Review.

Kominski GF, Simon PA, Ho A, Luck J, Lim YW, Fielding JE.
Assessing the burden of disease and injury in Los Angeles County using disability-adjusted life years.
Public Health Rep. 2002 Mar-Apr;117(2):185-91.

Davidson PJ, McLean RL, Kral AH, Gleghorn AA, Edlin BR, Moss AR.
Fatal heroin-related overdose in San Francisco, 1997-2000: a case for targeted intervention.
J Urban Health. 2003 Jun;80(2):261-73.

Latkin CA, Hua W, Tobin K.
Social network correlates of self-reported non-fatal overdose.
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2004 Jan 7;73(1):61-7.

Davidson PJ, Ochoa KC, Hahn JA, Evans JL, Moss AR.
Witnessing heroin-related overdoses: the experiences of young injectors in San Francisco.
Addiction. 2002 Dec;97(12):1511-6.

Ochoa KC, Davidson PJ, Evans JL, Hahn JA, Page-Shafer K, Moss AR.
Heroin overdose among young injection drug users in San Francisco.
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2005 Dec 12;80(3):297-302. Epub 2005 Jun 14.

Tobin KE, Davey MA, Latkin CA.
Calling emergency medical services during drug overdose: an examination of individual, social and setting correlates.
Addiction. 2005 Mar;100(3):397-404.

Baca CT, Grant KJ.
Take-home naloxone to reduce heroin death.
Addiction. 2005 Dec;100(12):1823-31.

Galea S, Worthington N, Piper TM, Nandi VV, Curtis M, Rosenthal DM.
Provision of naloxone to injection drug users as an overdose prevention strategy: Early evidence from a pilot study in New York City.
Addict Behav. 2005 Aug 31; [Epub ahead of print]

Seal KH, Thawley R, Gee L, Bamberger J, Kral AH, Ciccarone D, Downing M, Edlin BR.
Naloxone distribution and cardiopulmonary resuscitation training for injection drug users to prevent heroin overdose death: a pilot intervention study.
J Urban Health. 2005 Jun; 82(2):303-11. Epub 2005 May 4.

Burris s, Edlin BR.
Legal Aspects of Providing Naloxone to Heroin Users in the United States.
International Journal of Drug Policy, Vol.12, Pp. 237-48, 2001