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. 2022 Jun:104:103676.
doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103676. Epub 2022 Apr 2.

Exponential increases in drug overdose: Implications for epidemiology and research

Wilson M Compton  1 , Emily B Einstein  2 , Christopher M Jones  3
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Exponential increases in drug overdose: Implications for epidemiology and research

Wilson M Compton et al. Int J Drug Policy. 2022 Jun.
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Conflict of interest statement

Declarations of Interest Dr. Compton reports long-term stock holdings in General Electric Company, 3M Companies, and Pfizer Incorporated unrelated to this manuscript and other authors have no conflicts to declare. The work has not been published (or submitted) elsewhere and is the original work of the authors (Drs. Wilson Compton and Emily Einstein at NIDA, and Dr. Christopher Jones at CDC).

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Rates of Overall Drug Overdose Deaths (combined intentional, unintentional and undetermined causes) per 100,000 Persons, U.S., 1968 to 2020 Source: CDC WONDER for 1968 to 2019, 2020 rate is based on provisional data (Ahmad et al. 2021)
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