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Objective
This study investigates whether there is a community-level relationship between alcohol sales and opioid-related overdose deaths to inform the situating of harm reduction efforts in spaces most likely to reduce substance-related harms.
Findings/Key points
The findings co-locate higher levels of on-premise alcohol sales and opioid-related poisoning deaths at a community-level, mirroring individual-level findings on the danger of mixing these two substances. Results inform harm reduction approaches by identifying substance use spaces where overdose prevention messaging or policy change may be most effective.
Design/methods
Using an ecological design, zip code-level data for New Hampshire were combined from the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (sociodemographics), the National Alcohol Beverage Control Association (alcohol retail sales), and the NH Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (zip code level opioid poisoning deaths).
