Publications | NDEWS l National Drug Early Warning System l University of Maryland

San Francisco Department of Public Health. (2015, August 13). "Health advisory: Spike in opioid overdose cases in San Francisco." San Francisco: San Francisco Department of Public Health. Overdose_publichealthadvisory_081315.pdf138.97 KB
Soska, K,. & Christin, N. (2015). Proceedings from 24th USENIX Security Symposium: "Measuring the Longitudinal Evolution of the Online Anonymous Marketplace Ecosystem." Washington, D.C.: USENIX Association.
Stogner, J.M. "Predictions instead of panics: the framework and utility of systematic forecasting of novel psychoactive drug trends." American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Early Online: 1-8.
Stolzenberg, L., D'Alessio, S. J., Dariano, D. " The effect of medical cannabis laws on juvenile cannabis use." International Journal of Drug Policy, May 2015.
Tait, R.J., Caldicott, Mountain, Hill & Lenton. (2016). "A Systematic Review of Adverse Events Arising From the Use of Synthetic Cannabinoids and Their Associated Treatment." Clinical Toxicology (Philadelphia), 54(1): 1-13.
The Diane Rehm Show. (2015). Synthetic Drugs: What's Behind The Nationwide Surge in Related Crime Overdoses.
The PEW Charitable Trusts. (June 2015). "Public Safety Aspects of the Heroin Abuse Epidemic."
Trecki, J., Gerona, R., Schwartz, M. 2015. "Synthetic cannabioid-related illnesses and deaths." New England Journal of Medicine 373(2):103-107.
U.S Department of Justice. (2015). Report Finds Meth Epidemic In Full Force in San Diego County
Underwood, E. (2015). A new drug war. Science, 347(6221), 469-473.
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). (2015). Global SMART Update, Synthetic cannabinoids: key facts about the largest and most dynamic group of NPS. SMART Update, 13, 1-12. UN Global Smart Update Synthetic Cannabinoids.pdf4.26 MB
United Way of Broward County Commission on Substance Abuse. (April 2015). Flakka Economics: "Five Dollar Insanity". Broward Briefings. Flakka Economics.pdf172.94 KB
Vandrey, R., Raber, J.C., Raber, M.E., Douglass, B., Miller, C., & Bonn-Miller, M.O. 2015. "Cannabinoid dose and label accuracy in edible medical cannabis products." American Medical Association, 313(24):2491-2493.
Weaver, M. F., Hopper, J, A., Gunderson, E. W. "Designer drugs 2015: assessment and management." Addiction Science and Clinical Practice, March 10:8
Weaver, M. F., Hopper, J. A., & Gunderson, E. W. (2015). Designer drugs 2015: assessment and management. Addiction Science and Clinical Practice, 10(1). Designer Drugs 2015- Assessment and Management.pdf414.38 KB
Weaver, M.F., Hopper, J.A., & Gunderson, E.W. (2015). "Designer Drugs 2015: Assessment and Management." Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 10(8): 1-9.
Wish, E.D., Billing, A.S., and Artigiani, E.E. (2015). "Community Drug Early Warning System: The CDEWS‐2 Replication Study." Office of National Drug Control Policy. April 2015.
Witt, E. (2015). The Trip Planners. New Yorker Magazine.
Young, M. M., Dubeau, C., & Corazza, O. (2015). "Detecting a signal in the noise: monitoring the global spread of novel psychoactive substances using media and other open-source information." Human Psychopharmacology, 30(4): 319-326. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hup.2477
Zibbell, J. E. et al. (2015). Increases in Hepatitis C virus infection related to injection drug use among persons aged ≤30 years — Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, 2006–2012 . CDC MMWR, 64(17), 1-6. Increases in Hepatitis C Virus Infection Related to Injection Drug Use Among Persons Aged ≤30 Years — Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, 2006–2012.pdf806.08 KB
Castaneto, M. S., Gorelick, D. A., Desrosiers, N. A., Hartman, R. L., Pirard, S, Huestis, M. A. "Synthetic cannabinoids: Epidemiology, pharmacodynamics, and clinical implications." Drug and Alcohol Dependence, November 144: 12-41
Drug Enforcement Administration, Office of Diversion Control. (October 2014). Etizolam. Press Release. Etizolam.pdf174.13 KB
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. (May 2014). Wastewater analysis and drugs: a European multi-city study. Publications Office of the European Union. Press Release. Perspectives on Drugs Wastewater Analysis and Drugs A European Multi-City Study.pdf607.77 KB
Gurney, S.M.R., Scott, K.S., Kacinko, S.L., Presley, B.C., & Logan, B.K. (2014). Pharmacology, toxicology, and adverse effects of synthetic cannabinoid drugs. Forensic Science Review, 26, 53-78. Logan Forensic Science Review 2014.pdf178.45 KB
Hampton, T, Ph.D. (2014). Warning System Aims to Detect Emerging Trends in Illegal Drug Use.