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Source: Miller TR, Swedler DI, Lawrence BA, et al. Incidence and Lethality of Suicidal Overdoses by Drug Class. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(3):e200607. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.0607 Key Points Question What is the association between classes of drugs consumed and the lethality of suicidal drug...

Incidence and Lethality of Suicidal Overdoses by Drug Class.pdf

Source: Liu, H., Shi, W., Jin, Z. et al. Global, regional, and national mortality trends of female breast cancer by risk factor, 1990–2017. BMC Cancer 21, 459 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-021-08217-5 Abstract Background Female breast cancer (FBC) is a malignancy involving multiple risk...

Global, regional, and national mortality trends of female breast cancer by risk factor, 1990–2017.pdf

Source: https://iris.paho.org/bitstream/handle/10665.2/53614/PAHOEIHISCOVID-19210008_eng.pdf?sequence=4&isAllowed=y This tool is designed for rapid assessment of health and health-related institutions and evaluates their capacity to gather critical, high-quality data in the COVID-19 pandemic...

Rapid Assessment Tool for Critical Data Gathering PAHO.pdf

Souce: Currie JM, Schnell MK, Schwandt H, Zhang J. Trends in Drug Overdose Mortality in Ohio During the First 7 Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Netw Open. 2021;4(4):e217112. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.7112 Discussion In this cross-sectional study, the temporal pattern of overdoses...

Trends in Drug Overdose Mortality in Ohio During the First 7 Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic.pdf

Presenter: Veronika Mesheriakova, MD, an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Dr. Mesheriakova is also the Director of the UCSF Youth Outpatient Substance Use Program (YoSUP), a multidisciplinary, family-based program that...

Source: Holland KM, Jones C, Vivolo-Kantor AM, et al. Trends in US Emergency Department Visits for Mental Health, Overdose, and Violence Outcomes Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Psychiatry. 2021;78(4):372–379. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.4402 Key Points Question Did US emergency...

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Source: Volkow ND, Han B, Einstein EB, Compton WM. Prevalence of Substance Use Disorders by Time Since First Substance Use Among Young People in the US. JAMA Pediatr. Published online March 29, 2021. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.6981 This study found higher prevalence of Substance Use Disorders...

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Source: Cherpitel, C. J., Witbrodt, J., Ye, Y., Monteiro, M. G., Málaga, H., Báez, J., & Ponce de León Valdés, M. (2021). Road traffic injuries and substance use among emergency department patients in the Dominican Republic and Peru. Rev Panam Salud Publica; 45, mar. 2021. Objective. To report...

Road traffic injuries and substance use among emergency department patients in the Dominican Republic and Peru.pdf

Source: Álvarez-López, Á. M., Carmona-Valencia, N. J., Pérez-Rendón, Á. L., & Jaramillo-Roa, A. (2020). Psychosocial factors associated with the use of psychoactive substances in children and adolescents from Pereira, Colombia. Universidad y Salud, 22(3), 213-222. Abstract Introduction: The use of...

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Source: https://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/dea_tox/announcements/alpha-PipBP.pdf The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in collaboration with the University of California San Francisco Clinical Toxicology and Environmental Biomonitoring (CTEB) Laboratory has identified a new cathinone, alpha...

Announcement of a Newly Identified Cathinone alpha-Piperidinobutiophenone (α-PipBP)– March 23, 2021.pdf

Fuente: Álvarez-López AM, Carmona-Valencia NJ, Pérez-Rendón AL, Jaramillo-Roa A. Factores psicosociales asociados al consumo de sustancias psicoactivas en adolescentes de Pereira, Colombia. Univ. Salud. 2020;22(3):213-222. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22267/rus.202203.193 Introducción: El consumo de...

Factores psicosociales asociados al consumo de sustancias psicoactivas en adolescentes de Pereira, Colombia.pdf

Source: Felker-Kantor, E. A., Cunningham-Myrie, C., Greene, L. G., Lyew-Ayee, P., Atkinson, U., Abel, W., ... & Theall, K. P. (2019). Neighborhood crime, disorder and substance use in the Caribbean context: Jamaica National Drug Use Prevalence Survey 2016. Plos one, 14(11), e0224516. Abstract The...

Neighborhood crime, disorder and substance use in the Caribbean context Jamaica National Drug Use Prevalence Survey 2016.pdf

Source: Ford, B. R., Bart, G., Grahan, B., Shearer, R. D., & Winkelman, T. N. (2020). Associations Between Polysubstance Use Patterns and Receipt of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Among Adults in Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder. Journal of Addiction Medicine. Abstract Objective: To examine...

Associations Between Polysubstance Use Patterns and Receipt of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Among Adults in Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder_0.pdf

Source: Peterson C, Li M, Xu L, Mikosz CA, Luo F. Assessment of Annual Cost of Substance Use Disorder in US Hospitals. JAMA Netw Open. 2021;4(3):e210242. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.0242 Key Points Question How much does substance use disorder cost each year in US hospitals? Findings In this...

Assessment of Annual Cost of Substance Use Disorder in US Hospitals.pdf

Entrevista con la Dra. Nora Volkow, directora del NID. Resultados de la encuesta Monitoring the Future 2020. The video can also be found here: https://www.drugabuse.gov/videos/resu... Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: https://www.drugabuse.gov/comment-policy

Today, SAMHSA released the latest data findings from the 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). The NSDUH provides estimates of the use of illegal substances, prescription drugs, alcohol, and tobacco, as well as mental disorders, treatment, and co-occurring substance use and mental...

Air date: July 28, 2020 Presented by Eric D. Wish, PhD Center for Substance Abuse Research (CESAR) University of Maryland, College Park

El 28 de julio de 2020, el VNGOC junto con el Equipo de la Sociedad Civil de la ONUDD realizó un seminario web sobre el Informe Mundial sobre Drogas 2020 en español, con una presentación del informe de Leonardo Correa (ONUDD, Oficina Regional de Colombia) y una perspectiva de la sociedad civil sobre...

Source: https://www.npsdiscovery.org/the-rise-of-brorphine-a-potent-new-synthetic-opioid-identified-in-the-midwestern-united-states/ Brorphine is a potent synthetic opioid with structural resemblance to fentanyl and its analogues. However, brorphine is not controlled in the U.S. under core-structure...

Public-Alert_Brorphine_NPS-Discovery_072720.pdf

Fuente: https://www.unodc.org/documents/scientific/Drug-Analysis-Systems_EWS_SP.pdf

El papel de los laboratorios de análisis de drogas en los sistemas de alerta temprana.pdf

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Incidence and Lethality of Suicidal Overdoses by Drug Class

Global, regional, and national mortality trends of female breast cancer by risk factor, 1990–2017

Rapid assessment tool for critical data gathering

Trends in Drug Overdose Mortality in Ohio During the First 7 Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Who’s Doing What?: The Epidemiology of Adolescent Substance Use

Trends in US Emergency Department Visits for Mental Health, Overdose, and Violence Outcomes Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Prevalence of Substance Use Disorders by Time Since First Substance Use Among Young People in the US

Road traffic injuries and substance use among emergency department patients in the Dominican Republic and Peru

Psychosocial factors associated with the use of psychoactive substances in children and adolescents from Pereira, Colombia

Announcement of a Newly Identified Cathinone alpha-Piperidinobutiophenone (α-PipBP)– March 23, 2021

Factores psicosociales asociados al consumo de sustancias psicoactivas en adolescentes de Pereira, Colombia

Neighborhood crime, disorder and substance use in the Caribbean context: Jamaica National Drug Use Prevalence Survey 2016

Associations Between Polysubstance Use Patterns and Receipt of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Among Adults in Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder

Assessment of Annual Cost of Substance Use Disorder in US Hospitals

Resultados de la encuesta Monitoring the Future 2020

SAMHSA's 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)

Remembrance of Things Passed: Using Urinalysis Results to Monitor Emerging Drug Use: DUF to EDDS

webinario en español sobre Informe Mundial sobre Drogas 2020

The Rise of Brorphine — A Potent New Synthetic Opioid Identified in the Midwestern United States

El papel de los laboratorios de análisis de drogas en los sistemas de alerta temprana

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