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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

El archivo PDF se puede descargar en: https://wdr.unodc.org/wdr2020/field/V2002977_ExSum_Spanish.pdf

Reporte Mundial sobre Drogas 2020 Resumen Ejecutivo.pdf

Source: Zibbell JE, Aldridge AP, Cauchon D, DeFiore-Hyrmer J, Conway KP. Association of Law Enforcement Seizures of Heroin, Fentanyl, and Carfentanil With Opioid Overdose Deaths in Ohio, 2014-2017. JAMA Netw Open. 2019;2(11):e1914666. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.14666 These findings underscore...

Association of Law Enforcement Seizures of Heroin, Fentanyl, and Carfentanil With Opioid Overdose Deaths in Ohio, 2014-2017.pdf

Recorded on March 25, 2020 The 4th annual presentation by the DEA for NDEWS on synthetic drug threats. Presented by: Emily D. Lockhart Special Testing and Research Laboratory Drug Enforcement Administration See the NDEWS.ORG website to download a copy of this presentation. The NDEWS Network can be...

Source: Payer, D.E., Young, M.M., Maloney-Hall, B., Mill, C., Leclerc, P., Buxton, J., the Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use, & the National Drug Checking Working Group. (2020). Adulterants, contaminants and co-occurring substances in drugs on the illegal market in Canada: An...

CCSA-CCENDU-Adulterants Contaminants Co-occurring-Substances-in-Drugs-Canada-Report-2020-en.pdf

Air date: October 24, 2018 Presenters: Francois Lamy, Ph.D. Department of Society and Health, Mahidol University, Thailand Raminta Daniulaityte, Ph.D. Center for Interventions, Treatment, and Addictions Research, Boonshoft School Of Medicine, Ohio Center of Excellence In Knowledge Enabled Computing...

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...

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Nonmedical Prescription Opioid Use Among Transgender Girls and Young Women.pdf

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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

Reporte Mundial sobre Drogas 2020, resumen ejecutivo en español

Association of Law Enforcement Seizures of Heroin, Fentanyl, and Carfentanil With Opioid Overdose Deaths in Ohio, 2014-2017

NDEWS Timely Topics: Synthetic Drug Threats in the United States: 2020 Update

Adulterants, Contaminants and Co-occurring Substances in Drugs on the Illegal Market in Canada: An Analysis of Data from Drug Seizures, Drug Checking and Urine Toxicology

Collecting and Analyzing Cryptomarket Data on Novel Synthetic Opioids

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Nonmedical Prescription Opioid Use Among Transgender Girls and Young Women

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