25 Junio 2023 Fuente: https://news.un.org/es/story/2023/06/1522247 Entre 2011 y 2021, una de cada diecisiete personas en el mundo consumió algún tipo de droga incrementando la cifra de 240 a 296 millones. El cannabis sigue siendo la más popular. El número de usuarios que sufrieron trastornos por...

Source: Hoots BE, Li J, Hertz MF, et al. Alcohol and Other Substance Use Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among High School Students — Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2021. MMWR Suppl 2023;72(Suppl-1):84–92. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.su7201a10 Abstract Adolescence is a...

Source: LA Times https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-02-02/mexico-pharmacy-fentanyl-laced-pills-meth "A Los Angeles Times investigation has found that pharmacies in several northwestern Mexican cities are selling counterfeit prescription pills laced with stronger and deadlier drugs and...

Source: Friedman JR, Hansen H. Evaluation of Increases in Drug Overdose Mortality Rates in the US by Race and Ethnicity Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Psychiatry. Published online March 02, 2022. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.0004 Drug overdose mortality rates have increased sharply...

Source: Townsend, T., Kline, D., Rivera-Aguirre, A., Bunting, A. M., Mauro, P. M., Marshall, B. D., ... & Cerdá, M. (2022). Racial/ethnic and geographic trends in combined stimulant/opioid overdoses, 2007-2019. American Journal of Epidemiology. Abstract In the United States, combined stimulant...

Source: Han, B., Compton, W. M., Einstein, E. B., Cotto, J., Hobin, J. A., Stein, J. B., & Volkow, N. D. (2022). Intentional Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States. American Journal of Psychiatry, 179(2), 163-165. During 1999–2019, age-adjusted rates of U.S. drug-involved overdose deaths more...

Source: Gilbert, Louisa PhD*; Raj, Anita PhD†; Hien, Denise PhD‡; Stockman, Jamila PhD†; Terlikbayeva, Assel MD, MS§; Wyatt, Gail PhD‖ Targeting the SAVA (Substance Abuse, Violence, and AIDS) Syndemic Among Women and Girls, JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes: June 1, 2015 - Volume...

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...

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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Recently, Public Health England (PHE) released the latest national statistics for substance misuse 2018/19 in adult population.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2019-10-25/fentanyl-fatal-drug-overdoses-westward-expansion By MELISSA HEALYSTAFF WRITER OCT. 25, 2019 A rigorous effort to track U.S. overdose deaths and the drugs that caused them offers a snapshot of a fentanyl epidemic on the cusp of a westward shift...

Source: Keyes, K. M., Rutherford, C., & Miech, R. (2019). Historical trends in the grade of onset and sequence of cigarette, alcohol, and marijuana use among adolescents from 1976–2016: Implications for “Gateway” patterns in adolescence. Drug and alcohol dependence, 194, 51-58. Highlights Grade of...

An estimated 68,577 people died from drug overdoses in 2018 according to provisional drug overdose death counts released today by the CDC NVSS. This is a slight decrease nationwide of 5.1% from 2017. “The reversal was slight enough that experts could not be sure whether it was the start of a trend...

Full text: https://forum.issup.net/t/ccendu-bulletin-changes-in-stimulant-use-and-related-harms-focus-on-methamphetamine-and-cocaine/4120 Summary In response to recent reports of increasing harms related to methamphetamine use in Canada, this bulletin summarizes recent changes in stimulant-related...

Chicago: Rash of drug overdoses yesterday; early reporting speculates the substance involved was a mix of heroin and fentanyl, however no tests have been done as yet. Article notes naloxone was used to revive at least 2 people.https://t.co/5si4DohfA0 — NDEWS (@NDEWSNews) April 24, 2019

The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) is looking for risk assessment experts to extend the Scientific Committee for the purposes of ensuring a balanced assessment of risks posed by new psychoactive substances (NPS). This call is addressed to scientists who wish to be...

Source: Olsen EO, O’Donnell J, Mattson CL, Schier JG, Wilson N. Notes from the Field: Unintentional Drug Overdose Deaths with Kratom Detected — 27 States, July 2016–December 2017. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2019;68:326–327. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6814a2External. The CDC just released...