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Heroin Overdose
Risk Factors for Overdose Mortality: A Case-Control Study within a Cohort of Intravenous Drug Users
1993.
Overdose prevention for injection drug users: Lessons learned from naloxone training and distribution programs in New York City
Piper, Tinka Markham and Rudenstine, Sasha, Harm Reduction Journal. January 25, 2007.
Should We Conduct a Trial of Distributing Naloxone to Heroin Users for Peer Administration to Prevent Fatal Overdose?
Lenton, Simon R and Hargreaves, Kim M, Medical Journal of Australia. 2000; 173: pp. 260-263.
Experience of Non-Fatal Heroin Overdose Among Heroin Users in Adelaide, Australia: Circumstances and Risk Perceptions
McGregor, Catherine, et al, Addiction. 1998; 93(5): pp. 701-711.
Fatal Heroin 'Overdose': A Review
Darke, Shane and Zador, Deborah, Addiction. 1996; 91(12): pp. 1765-1772.
The Canberra Christmas Overdoses Mystery
Bammer, Gabriele and Sengoz, Ayse, Drug and Alcohol Review. 1995; 14: pp. 235-237.
Is Admission after Intravenous Heroin Overdose Necessary?
Smith, David A, et al, Annals of Emergency Medicine. November 1992; 21(11): pp. 1326-1330.
Heroin Overdose Bibliography
Coffin, Phillip O., et al. October 2001.
911 Good Samaritan Law Fact Sheet (New Mexico)
Drug Policy Alliance New Mexico. January 16, 2007.
Letter to Secretary Mike Leavitt
Harm Reduction Coalition. December 13, 2006.
Predictors and Prevention of Nonfatal Overdose Among Street-Recruited Injection Heroin Users in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1998-1999
Seal, Karen H, et al. American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 91, No. 11, pp. 1842-1846. Nov 2001.
Mortality Trends, San Francisco County, 20-54 year old males, 1981-1998
Drug Policy Alliance. September 2001.
Mortality Trends, Santa Cruz County, 20-54 year old males, 1981-1998
Drug Policy Alliance. September 2001.
Mortality Trends, Imperial County, 20-54 year old males, 1981-1998
Drug Policy Alliance. September 2001.
Mortality Trends, Monterey County, 20-54 year old males, 1981-1998
Drug Policy Alliance. September 2001.
Mortality Trends, Ventura County, 20-54 year old males, 1981-1998
Drug Policy Alliance. September 2001.
Mortality Trends, Orange County, 20-54 year old males, 1981-1998
Drug Policy Alliance. September 2001.
Mortality Trends, San Diego County, 20-54 year old males, 1981-1998
Drug Policy Alliance. September 2001.
Mortality Trends, Los Angeles County, 20-54 year old males, 1981-1998
Drug Policy Alliance. September 2001.
Mortality Trends, San Bernardino County, 20-54 year old males, 1981-1998
Drug Policy Alliance. September 2001.
Mortality Trends, Alameda County, 20-54 year old males, 1981-1998
Drug Policy Alliance. 09/01/2001.
House Bill 813, 45th Leg., 1st Sess. (N.M. 2001)
Trujillo, Patsy G.. Albequerque, NM. 2001.
Senate Bill 318, 45th Leg., 1st Sess. (NM 2001)
McSorley, Cisco. Albequerque, NM. 2001.
Illicit Drug Overdose Mortality Trends, Alameda County, 20-54 year old females, 1981-1998
NM.
It’s Rarely Just the ‘H’: Addressing Overdose Among South Australian Heroin Users Through a Process of Intersectoral Collaboration
NM.
Preventing Heroin Overdose: Program and Audio Files: Pragmatic Approaches. Seattle, WA. January 13 - 14, 2000.
Preventing Heroin Overdose: Pragmatic Approaches. Seattle, WA. January 13-14, 2000.
Opiate Overdose Deaths: Lessons from Australia. NY. Wed, Sept 8, 1999, 11am-1pm.
Heroin Overdose
Compiled by Anonymous, Drug Policy Alliance. March 2001.
What We Can do Now to Prevent and Treat Drug Overdoses
Piper, Bill, Chicago Sun-Times. June 24, 2006.
Fentanyl: Situation Report
Washington, DC: United States Department of Justice; June 5, 2006.
Mortality Data From the Drug Abuse Warning Network, 2002
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; March 2004.
A Heroin Epidemic in Macedonia: Part 1
Grund, Jean-Paul G and Nolimal, Dusan. A Report to the Open Society Institute New York and the Open Society Institute Macedonia; 1995.