A dangerous chase: severe neurocognitive impairment and death following smoked heroin

Alessandro CancelliereDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, Worcester, MA, USA; Correspondence[email protected]

Eike BlohmDivision of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT, USA;

Mark NeavynDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, Worcester, MA, USA;

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