Source: https://www.unodc.org/documents/scientific/Current_NPS_Threats_Volume_I… As a new feature of the UNODC Early Warning Advisory (EWA) on new psychoactive substances (NPS), the EWA Tox-Portal developed in collaboration with The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists...

Source: Kim PC, Yoo JW, Cochran CR, Park SM, Chun S, Lee YJ, Shen JJ. Trends and associated factors of use of opioid, heroin, and cannabis among patients for emergency department visits in Nevada: 2009–2017. Medicine 2019;98:47(e17739). Abstract To examine trends and contributing factors of opioid...

Source: http://www.ncsa.org.bb/images/stories/research/bardin%202016.pdf The Barbados Drug Information Network (BARDIN) is the mechanism through which the National Council on Substance Abuse (NCSA) collects and diseeminates information on the local drug situation. The mail goal of Drug Information...

Source: Kuo Y, Raji MA, Goodwin JS. Association of Disability With Mortality From Opioid Overdose Among US Medicare Adults. JAMA Netw Open. 2019;2(11):e1915638. doi: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.15638 Key Points Question What is the rate of opioid overdose deaths among Medicare...

Source: http://www.nana.gov.gy/GUYDIN%202019%20Report.pdf The Guyana Drug Information Network (GUYDIN) Report 2019 describes an accurate setting of the drug situation in Guyana, covering all thematic aspects of the main issues involved. It identifies evolving trends, shares unbiassed information to...

Este manual de epidemiología está enfocado en la sistematización y generación de información sobre consumo de sustancias psicoactivas. Es un insumo que elaboramos desde el OAD, pensando en brindar lineamientos a Observatorios provinciales o municipales para su armado o funcionamiento.

Source: Han, Y., Yan, W., Zheng, Y. et al. The rising crisis of illicit fentanyl use, overdose, and potential therapeutic strategies. Transl Psychiatry 9, 282 (2019) doi :10.1038/s41398-019-0625-0 Abstract Fentanyl is a powerful opioid anesthetic and analgesic, the use of which has caused an...

Fuente: http://www.pnsd.mscbs.gob.es/profesionales/publicaciones/catalogo/catalogoPNSD/publicaciones/pdf/2019_Coste_social_de_la_adiccion.pdf Autores: Rodríguez Míguez E, Casal Rodríguez B, Rivera Castiñeira B. Edita: Ministerio de Sanidad, Consumo y Bienestar Social, Secretaría de Estado de...

Source: Moritz ED, Zapata LB, Lekiachvili A, et al. Update: Characteristics of Patients in a National Outbreak of E-cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use–Associated Lung Injuries — United States, October 2019. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. ePub: 28 October 2019. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr...

Source: GBD 2017 Disease and Injury Incidence and Prevalence Collaborators. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study...

Source: Yassa, H.A. & Badea, S.T. Egypt J Forensic Sci (2019) 9: 14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41935-019-0117-7 Abstract Background Drug abuse and violence both are dangerous phenomena in all countries. The relation between drug abuse and violence is obscure, and what comes first is the question...

Source: Lewis N, McCaffrey K, Sage K, et al. E-cigarette Use, or Vaping, Practices and Characteristics Among Persons with Associated Lung Injury — Utah, April–October 2019. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. ePub: 22 October 2019. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6842e1 Summary What is already known...

Fuente: Cruz-Cruz, C., Vidaña-Pérez, D., Mondragón y Kalb, M., Martínez-Ruiz, M., Olaiz-Fernández, G., Hernández-Lezama, L., Hernández-Ávila, M., & Barrientos-Gutiérrez, T. (2019). Medición de drogas ilícitas en aguas residuales: estudio piloto en México. Salud Pública de México, 61(4, jul-ago), 461...

Source: https://www.mdpoison.com/media/SOP/mdpoisoncom/ToxTidbits/2019/October%202019%20ToxTidbits.pdf E-Cigarette, or Vaping, Associated Lung injury The CDC, the FDA, state and local health departments, poison centers and others are investigating a multi-state outbreak of lung injury associated...

Source: Hall, O. T., Hall, O. E., McGrath, R. P., & Haile, Z. T. (2019). Years of Life Lost due to Opioid Overdose in Ohio: Temporal and Geographic Patterns of Excess Mortality. Journal of addiction medicine. Abstract Objectives: The aim of the study was to quantify the burden of premature mortality...

Source: https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/epi/databrief117.pdf Since 2009, cannabis use increased nationally but remained stable in New York City. In 2017, public high school students in the city reported lower levels of past-month cannabis consumption than youth nationally, with 16% in...

The NDEWS presents the results of an NDEWS HotSpot study, conducted by Dr. Andrea Lopez. Motivations for the co-use of methamphetamine and opioids identified by Dr. Lopez include: “1) methamphetamine is seen as a safer alternative than heroin; 2) methamphetamine is seen as a strategy to detoxify or...

Fuente: https://www.unodc.org/documents/scientific/Global_SMART_21_spanish_web.pdf

Source: Gedif et al. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy (2019) 14:36 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-019-0225-2 Abstract Background Substance use related health and social problems are on the rise in sub-Saharan Africa. Currently, substance abuse is one of the most burning public...

Source: Midgette, Gregory, Steven Davenport, Jonathan P. Caulkins, and Beau Kilmer, What America's Users Spend on Illegal Drugs, 2006–2016, Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND Corporation, RR-3140-ONDCP, 2019. As of August 23, 2019: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR3140.html Substance use and...