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November 13, 2025Journal of Indian Academy of Forensic MedicineOpen Access

Opioid Toxicity Crisis: A View Into the Challenges and Opportunities Ahead—A Narrative Review

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DBDipayan Deb BarmanMMM. MukeshDBDipayan Deb Barman

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Overview

Narrative review shows rising opioid misuse and overdose risks, suggesting improved harm reduction initiatives and policies.

Key Points

  • This review aims to analyze the escalating opioid toxicity crisis, focusing on opioid misuse and prevention strategies.
  • Narrative review of current literature on the opioid crisis and overdose deaths.
  • Analysis of the role of fentanyl and its analogues in opioid-related fatalities.
  • Examination of prevention strategies like opioid substitution therapy and harm reduction initiatives.
  • Significant increase in opioid-related overdose deaths linked to fentanyl misuse.
  • 82.3% of opioid-related deaths in 2020 were due to overdoses.
  • Current prevention strategies require improvement to address the ongoing crisis.

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Barman et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/692523bbc0ce034ddc354bc3https://doi.org/10.1177/09710973251392677
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