TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Injection Drug Users
A1  - Grosheider, Thomas
A1  - Shepherd, Suzanne M.
A2  - Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2  - Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2  - Ma, O. John
A2  - Yealy, Donald M.
A2  - Meckler, Garth D.
A2  - Cline, David M.
Y1  - 2016
N1  - 
T2  - Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e
AB  - Illicit  drug  use  is  a  major  health  issue  globally.  It  is  estimated  that  in  2011  between  167  and  315  million  people  worldwide  used  illicit  substances.1  In  2012,  an  estimated  23.9  million  Americans  ≥12  years  of  age  used  an  illicit  drug  within  the  previous  month,  and  of  these,  669,000  used  heroin,  nearly  triple  the  prevalence  in  2008.2  Between  2006  and  2011,  heroin-related  ED  visits  increased  from  189,780  to  258,482,  with  the  majority  of  visits  made  by  men  (69%)  and  patients  age  35  to  44  years.2  More  recently,  ED  visits  due  to  severe  overdoses  have  been  precipitated  by  drug  distributor  substitution  of  the  synthetic  opiate  fentanyl  for  heroin  as  a  "super  high."3  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1121519606
ER  -