SMART has made available a fact sheet on Xylazine, highlighting all the information we currently know on this drug, including trends, presentations, treatment, and more. Please download and share! Download PDF | Full Text
Xylazine Fact Sheet
Category: Polydrug
(Podcast) Methamphetamine and the Overdose Crisis
We are now in the fourth wave of the overdose crisis. Fentanyl is the still the most common drug involved in these deaths, but stimulants, primarily methamphetamine, is increasingly prevalent. In fact, the vast majority of all overdose deaths now involve multiple drugs. Meth, cocaine, heroin; worse still, newer contaminants
New Policy Brief: Opioid Overdose Deaths in Tennessee
Read the full policy brief here. Key Points Opioid overdose deaths (ODD) are best understood as three phases: first due to prescription opioid misuse, followed by a rise in heroin use, and currently due to contamination by synthetic opioids such as fentanyl. Each phase has posed unique policy challenges. Numerous