Drug overdose definition

Drug overdose means an acute condition including, but not limited to, physical illness, coma, mania, hysteria, or death resulting from the consumption or use of a controlled dangerous substance or another substance with which a controlled dangerous substance was combined and that a layperson would reasonably believe to require medical assistance.
Drug overdose means an acute condition including, but not
Drug overdose means a condition including, but not limited to, extreme physical illness, decreased level of consciousness, respiratory depression, coma, mania, or death, that is the result of consumption or use of a controlled substance or a controlled substance analogue or a substance with which the controlled substance or controlled substance analogue was combined, or that a layperson would reasonably believe to be a drug overdose that requires medical assistance.

Examples of Drug overdose in a sentence

  • Drug overdose deaths increased more than 16% from 2020 to 2021 alone.

  • Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. top 100,000 annually [Press release].

  • CSU-Pueblo encourages all members of the community to call for help when any sign of Alcohol poisoning or Drug overdose is observed.

  • Drug overdose deaths involving prescription opioids rose from 3,442 in 1999 to 17,029 in 2017.

  • Drug overdose prevention,” kiprc.uky.edu, KIPRC, n.d. https://kiprc.uky.edu/injury-focus-areas/drug- overdose-prevention (accessed 1 Dec.


More Definitions of Drug overdose

Drug overdose means an acute condition of physical illness, coma, mania, hysteria, seizure, cardiac arrest, cessation of breathing, or death which reasonably appears to be the result of consumption or use of a controlled substance, or another substance with which a controlled substance was combined, and that a layperson would reasonably believe requires medical assistance; and
Drug overdose means an acute condition resulting from or believed to be resulting from the use of a controlled drug which a layperson would reasonably believe requires medical assistance.
Drug overdose means an acute condition resulting from or believed to be resulting from the use of a regulated drug which a layperson would reasonably believe requires medical assistance. For purposes of this section, “regulated drug” shall include alcohol.
Drug overdose means an acute condition, including, but not limited to, extreme
Drug overdose means an acute condition, including, but not limited to, extreme physical illness, decreased level of consciousness, respiratory depression, coma, mania, or death, resulting from the consumption or use of a controlled substance or dangerous drug by the distressed individual in violation of this chapter or that a reasonable person would believe to be resulting from the consumption or use of a controlled substance or dangerous drug by the distressed individual.
Drug overdose means that term as defined in section 7403 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.7403.
Drug overdose means an acute condition resulting from the consumption or use of a controlled substance, or dangerous drug, or combination of a controlled substance and other intoxicants by an individual, causing signs, including without limitation: