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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.