Disparities in Overdose Deaths: Looking Back at Larochelle and Colleagues' 2021 Paper.

SUBSTANCE abuse treatment; DRUG overdose; RISK assessment; HEALTH services accessibility; MEDICAL quality control; OPIOID abuse; OPIOID analgesics; HEALTH equity; NALOXONE

The article discusses an article by M. R. Larochelle and colleagues about disparities in overdose deaths. Topics include reason that the opioid overdose crisis most heavily affected non-Hispanic White people, major events that could not have been predicted at the time the article by Larochelle and colleagues was written, and lessons learned about the need for timely data on drug use patterns and overdoses to guide interventions.