Source: Restar AJ, Jin H, Ogunbajo A, et al. Prevalence and Risk Factors of Nonmedical Prescription Opioid Use Among Transgender Girls and Young Women. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(3):e201015. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.1015 Key Points Question What are the prevalence of and risk factors associated...

Source: Yousuf H, Hofstra M, Tijssen J, et al. Estimated Worldwide Mortality Attributed to Secondhand Tobacco Smoke Exposure, 1990-2016. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(3):e201177. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.1177 Key Points Question How many individuals who smoke are associated with the death of 1...

Source: Spillane S, Shiels MS, Best AF, et al. Trends in Alcohol-Induced Deaths in the United States, 2000-2016. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(2):e1921451. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.21451 Key Points Question How have rates of alcohol-induced deaths changed in recent years among different US...

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...