Hill, Katherine
Biegacki, Emma T.
Bogut, Gabrielle
Znamierowski, Elizabeth
Breen, Cameron
Rose, River
Zhang, Corona
Grau, Lauretta E.
Butner, Jenna L.
Heimer, Robert
Sue, Kimberly L.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Yale New Haven Medical Staff Fund
Article History
Received: 2 December 2025
Accepted: 10 April 2026
First Online: 2 May 2026
Declarations
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: Access to the opioid-detected fatality data was approved by the Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME), and the data collected was part of a study that the Yale University Institutional Review Board deemed exempt from review. This overall research project has been reviewed by and approved by Yale Human Research Protections Program (Protocol #2000036264), in accordance with the Belmont Rule.
: Not applicable.
: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.