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Fatal opioid overdoses are more likely to occur when the weather is too cold, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal iEpidemiology/i.
Cold weather snaps are followed by a marked increase in fatal opioid overdoses, a new study finds.
A research team led by Brandon Marshall, an associate professor of epidemiology at Brown University's School of Public Health, found a 25 percent increase in fatal opioid overdoses after periods of freezing temperatures ...