Key findings:
- 45% of participants in the survey of people who inject drugs (PWID) conducted as part of the IDRS reported having ever had an opioid overdose.
- 14% reported recently having an opioid overdose.
- PWID who initiated injecting with pharmaceutical opioids were more likely to report experiencing an overdose with these drugs.
- Reports of recent opioid overdose were associated with daily alcohol use and illicit benzodiazepine use.