Manuel Cano
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Mail code: 3920Campus: Dtphx
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Manuel Cano is a faculty member in the School of Social Work at Arizona State University (ASU). Manuel studies trends and disparities in drug overdose mortality. Manuel's research interests were shaped by his eight years of past employment as a bilingual substance use clinician.
PhD, Social Work, Boston College
MSW, Arizona State University
BA, Tecnologico de Monterrey
- trends and disparities in drug overdose mortality
Cano, M., & Zhu, D. T. (2026). Despite the decrease in overdose deaths in the United States in 2024, deaths rebound in the State of Arizona in early 2025. International Journal of Drug Policy, 152, 105260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105260
Cano, M., Katz, C., Batchelor, J., Celaya, M. F., & Daniulaityte, R. (2025). Characterizing an intersection between heat-related illness and overdose deaths in Arizona: Analysis of data from the State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System, 2019–2023. International Journal of Drug Policy, 146, 105061. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.105061
Cano, M., Daniulaityte, R., & Marsiglia, F. (2024). Xylazine in overdose deaths and forensic drug reports in US states, 2019-2022. JAMA Network Open, 7(1):e2350630, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.50630
Cano, M., Timmons, P., Hooten, M., Sweeney, K., & Oh, S. (2024). A scoping review of law enforcement drug seizures and overdose mortality in the United States. International Journal of Drug Policy, 124, Article 104321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104321
Cano, M., Timmons, P., Hooten, M., & Sweeney, K. (2023). Drug supply measures and drug overdose mortality in the era of fentanyl and stimulants. Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 9, Article 100197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dadr.2023.100197
Cano, M., & Oh, S. (2023). State-level homelessness and drug overdose mortality: Evidence from US panel data. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 250, 110910. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.110910
Cano, M., & Oh, S., Osborn, P. Olowolaju, S., Sanchez, A., Kim, Y., & Cano-Moreno, A. (2023). County-level predictors of US drug overdose mortality: A systematic review. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 242, 109714. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109714
Cano, M., Agan, A., Bandoian, L., & Larochelle, L. (2022). Individual and county-level disparities in drug and opioid overdose mortality for Hispanic men in Massachusetts and the Northeast United States. Substance Use & Misuse, 57(7), 1131-1143. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2022.2064507
Cano, M., Salas-Wright, C. P., Oh, S., Noel, L., Hernandez, D., & Vaughn, M. G. (2022). Socioeconomic inequalities and Black/White disparities in US cocaine-involved overdose mortality risk. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-022-02255-5
Cano, M., & Sparks, C. S. (2022). Drug overdose mortality by race/ethnicity across US-born and immigrant populations. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 232, 109309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109309
Cano, M., & Gelpi-Acosta, C. (2022). Variation in US drug overdose mortality within and between Hispanic/Latine subgroups: A disaggregation of national data. SSM- Mental Health, 2, 100095. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2022.100095
Cano, M., & Gelpí-Acosta, C. (2021). Risk of drug overdose mortality for island-born and US-born Puerto Ricans, 2013–2019. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-021-01077-6
Cano, M., & Huang, Y. (2021). Overdose deaths involving psychostimulants with abuse potential, excluding cocaine: state-level differences and the role of opioids. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 218, 108384. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108384
Cano, M., Oh, S., Salas-Wright, C. P., & Vaughn, M. G. (2020). Cocaine use and overdose mortality in the United States: Evidence from two national data sources, 2002–2018. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 214, 108148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108148
Cano, M. (2020). Drug overdose deaths among US Hispanics: Trends (2000–2017) and recent patterns. Substance Use & Misuse, 55(13), 2138-2147. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2020.1793367
Courses
2026 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| SWU 306 | Ethics in Social Services |
| SWU 394 | Special Topics |
| SWU 394 | Special Topics |
2025 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| SWU 306 | Ethics in Social Services |
| SWU 306 | Ethics in Social Services |
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SWU 306 | Ethics in Social Services |
| SWU 394 | Special Topics |
| SWU 394 | Special Topics |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| SWU 306 | Ethics in Social Services |
| SWU 306 | Ethics in Social Services |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| SWU 183 | Intro Ethics:Soc Issue Perspec |
| POP 780 | Practicum |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| SWU 306 | Ethics in Social Services |
| SWU 306 | Ethics in Social Services |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| SWU 306 | Ethics in Social Services |
| SWU 306 | Ethics in Social Services |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| SWG 606 | Assessment of Mental Disorders |