The Opioid Data Lab: Understanding Overdose through Scientific Innovation project focuses on methodology for polysubstance drug overdose identification and reporting. The project consists of three aims:
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develop and maintain a publicly available up-to-date list of drug search terms mapped to principal variants and updated referent drug groups, including new psychoactive substances;
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develop and revise a framework for reporting drug involvement in overdose deaths, building on existing tools; and
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develop recommendations (including conceptual and operational definitions) for single drug versus polydrug-overdose death classification based on information listed on death certificates.
