UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., April 28 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Visitors to a 10-city region in Orange County, California, with a large concentration of substance use disorder treatment centers experience disproportionately high levels of overdose, according to a new study led by a researcher at Penn State.
Out-of-state visitors to this region had the most pronounced levels. They were 159% more likely to experience a drug overdose when visiting this region compared to other parts of the state. The study was published in the journal Substance Use & Misuse.
"You'd expect that in a place where there's a lot of treatment centers, there would be a buffer against relapses and overdoses...