Overdose Safety in Older Adults: The Critical Role of Zero Overdose

• By: Thomas McCarry, LHMC Julian Mitton, MD/MPH Jorge R. Petit, MD Zero Overdose
• July 29th, 2024
• aging adults, chronic pain, opioid crisis, overdose prevention, substance use disorder, Summer 2024 Issue
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The United States is grappling with an escalating public health crisis as overdose deaths continue to rise, and recent data underscores a distressing rise in opioid misuse and related overdose deaths among older adults. In NYC, there was a staggering 12% rise in overdose deaths in 2022 alone,...