Epidemiologic Trends in Drug Abuse: Advance Report. Community Epidemiology Work Group, June 2006

摘要

This Advance Report is a synthesis of findings presented at the 60th semiannual meeting of the Community Epidemiology Work Group (CEWG) held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on June 1316, 2006, under the sponsorship of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The information from the CEWG network presented in this report includes an overview of drug abuse patterns and trends in 20 CEWG areas, an Abstract from each CEWG representatives report, and tables and charts displaying the data in the appendices. One focus of this Advance Report is on the emerging problems related to fentanyl and fentanyl mixtures in the United States. The report also focuses on the abuse of heroin, opiates/ narcotic analgesics (other than heroin and fentanyl), cocaine/crack, methamphetamine, and marijuana. More complete coverage of these and other drugs reported in CEWG areas and in Cincinnati, Ohio, as well as summaries of panel presentations by researchers from Latin America, will be published in the June 2006 CEWG report, Epidemiologic Trends in Drug Abuse, Volume I. Individual papers by CEWG representatives will be in the Volume II Proceedings.