,,Fatal Drug Overdoses: A Growing Concern in Indiana

Fatal Drug Overdoses: A Growing Concern in Indiana


 

Publication Date: March 2008

Publisher: Indiana University. Center for Health Policy

Author(s): Marion Siegrid Greene; Eric R. Wright; Sean Mullins

Research Area: Health; Social conditions

Type: Report

Coverage: Indiana

Abstract:

The increase in substance-induced mortality is evidence of a significant public health problem in Indiana. It appears that the rise in drug overdoses is strongly driven, at least in part, by two factors: an increase in prescription drug abuse and the propensity of users to consume two or more substances simultaneously.