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Peer reviewedHarlow, Kirk C.; Swint, J. Michael – Journal of Drug Education, 1989
Explored drug overdose mortality and its economic consequences through examination of Texas mortality data from 1980-86. Compared crude mortality rates across 10 drug categories. Found drug overdose mortality costs had more than doubled over 6-year period. Found men had greater illicit drug overdose risk than women; women had greater prescribed…
Descriptors: Adults, Death, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction
