Congrès
Epidemiologic trends in drug abuse. Proceedings of the Community Epidemiology Work Group. Vol. I: Highlights and executive summary. Vol. II. June 2003
Auteur(s) :
CEWG (Community Epidemiology Work Group) ;
54th semiannual meeting of the CEWG (June 24-27, 2003; St Louis, Missouri)
Année :
2004
Page(s) :
79 p. + 384 p.
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Éditeur(s) :
Bethesda, MD : NIDA
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Thésaurus mots-clés
EPIDEMIOLOGIE DESCRIPTIVE
;
SURVEILLANCE EPIDEMIOLOGIQUE
;
CONSOMMATION
;
EVOLUTION
;
MILIEU URBAIN
;
COCAINE
;
CRACK
;
HEROINE
;
OPIACES
;
CANNABIS
;
METHAMPHETAMINE
;
MDMA-ECSTASY
;
GHB
;
PHENCYCLIDINE
;
LSD
;
MARCHE DE LA DROGUE
;
PRIX
;
SAISIE
;
MORTALITE
Résumé :
This Executive Summary is based on findings presented at the 54th semiannual meeting of the Community Epidemiology Work Group (CEWG) held in St. Louis, Missouri, on June 24-27, 2003, under the sponsorship of the National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The CEWG is composed of researchers from 21 sentinel areas in the United States who have extensive experience in community research and knowledge of their local communities, drugs, and drug-abusing populations, the social and health consequences of drug abuse, drug trafficking and other law enforcement patterns, and emerging drugs within and across communities. Drug highlights: Polysubstance abuse is proliferating across all CEWG areas. Patterns are changing rapidly. The abuse of an ever-growing array of illicit and licit substances used in a variety of combinations is contributing to a rise in health problems and deaths. Methamphetamine abuse and production continue at high levels in Hawaii, west coast areas, and some southwestern areas. Abuse and manufacture of methamphetamine continues to move eastward, especially to rural areas. Marijuana is the most prevalent illicit drug of use in almost all CEWG areas. Local and national surveys show high levels of use and abuse among adolescents and young adults. Treatment data from 10 CEWG areas point to increasing numbers of primary marijuana abusers entering treatment. Arrest rates for possession and sale of marijuana are also high, leading to an influx of court-referred marijuana users into the treatment system. There is evidence also of higher potency marijuana in recent years. Cocaine/crack abuse was endemic in almost all CEWG areas in 2002. Rates of ED cocaine mentions in the first half of 2002 were particularly high in Baltimore, Miami, Atlanta, Philadelphia, and Chicago, ranging between 120 and 140 per 100,000 population. Heroin indicators were relatively stable in 2002, but continued at high levels in Boston,. Chicago, Detroit, Newark, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. Other opiates/narcotics (other than heroin) appear to be increasing in major drug indicator data, particularly hydrocodone and oxycodone products. PCP indicators increased in five CEWG areas - Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Washington, DC, and Texas. Club drugs use has diffused beyond the club culture to different populations. Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA or "ecstasy") continues to be the dominant club drug. Data suggest that abuse of club drugs is stable or declining and that use of drugs such as gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) and ketamine is quite low in most areas. Benzodiazepine abuse indicators show relatively high rates of ED mentions per 100,000 population in six CEWG areas, ranging from 30 in Detroit to 48 in Boston. Benzodiazepines ranked among the top 10 drugs in DAWN death mentions in 8 CEWG areas. (Extract of the publication)
Affiliation :
NIDA, Bethesda, MD, USA
Autre(s) lien(s) :
https://archives.drugabuse.gov/sites/default/files/vol1_603.pdf ; https://archives.drugabuse.gov/sites/default/files/vol2_603.pdf
Contenu :
- Update of the Epidemiologic Surveillance System of Addictions (SISVEA) in Mexico: 2002 / R. TAPIA-CONYER (2004)
- The most recent Canadian substance use and abuse data and update on the Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (CCENDU) / C. A. DELL (2004)
- Prescription opioid use: pain management and drug abuse in King County and Washington State / C. BANTA-GREEN (2004)
- Methadone-related deaths in eight metropolitan areas: 1997-2001 / CRANE E. H. (2004)
- Methadone-associated mortality / A. TRACHTENBERG (2004)