Going knock —Recurrent comatose GHB intoxication in the Netherlands & Flanders (Belgium)

Overdose is a principal cause of death among people who use illicit drugs (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2017; Davoli et al., 2007; Mathers et al., 2013), primarily affecting people who use opioids in their most productive years (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2017; European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) (2017); Hedegaard, Warner,& Minino, 2017; Special Advisory Committee on the Epidemic of Opioid Overdoses, 2017). Most of these preventable deaths are attributed to opioids, illegal or prescribed, but a substantial part of reported overdose deaths concerns or includes benzodiazepines or other non-opioid drugs.
Source: International Journal of Drug Policy - Category: Addiction Authors: Tags: Research Paper Source Type: research