NDEWS Publications
Fentanyl/Analogs Found in More Than Half of Drug Overdoses in Four SCS Locations (2018)
New Hampshire HotSpot
The New Hampshire HotSpot study was conducted in 2016 in response to a sharp increase in illicit fentanyl-related overdose deaths.
NDEWS Special Report
- Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogs (updated 12/7/15)
NDEWS Sentinel Community Site Advance Report 2016
Fact Sheets/Alerts
DEA Intelligence Brief: Fentanyl Remains the Most Significant Synthetic Opioid Threat and Poses the Greatest Threat to the Opioid User Market in the United States (May2018)
ACMT and AACT position statement: preventing occupational fentanyl and fentanyl analog exposure to emergency responders (August 2017)
NDEWS News / DEA: Fentanyl Accounted for the Majority of Opioid Identifications in DEA Drug Evidence Analyzed in the Third Quarter of 2017
DEA / NFLIS Brief:
- Fentanyl and Fentanyl-Related Substances Reported in NFLIS, 2015–2016 (October 2017)
- Fentanyl, 2001–2015 (March 2017)
MMWR:
- Overdose Deaths Related to Fentanyl and Its Analogs — Ohio, January–February 2017
- Deaths Involving Fentanyl, Fentanyl Analogs, and U-47700 — 10 States, July–December 2016 (October 27, 2017)
ONDCP: Acrylfentanyl and Naloxone Effectiveness (July 2017)
DEA: NFLIS BRIEF: Fentanyl 2001-2015
Georgia Bureau of Investigation: Crime Lab Identifies Central Georgia Counterfeit Pills
NYC Health Department Warns New Yorkers about Cocaine Laced with Fentanyl
Wright State University: Research Update on Fentanyl Outbreaks in Dayton, Ohio (April 2017)
Journal Articles
PubMed: Fentanyl is used in Mexico's northern border. Current challenges for drug health policies. (December 2019)
International Journal of Drug Policy: Street fentanyl use: Experiences, preferences, and concordance between self-reports and urine toxicology (September 2019)
JAMA: Rate of Fentanyl Positivity Among Urine Drug Test Results Positive for Cocaine or Methamphetamine (4/26/2019)
Clinical Toxicology: Evidence of fentanyl use is common and frequently missed in a cross-sectional study of emergency department patients in Baltimore, Maryland (1/30/2019)
Journal of Analytical Toxicology: Fatality Following Ingestion of Tetrahydrofuranylfentanyl, U-49900 and Methoxy-Phencyclidine (11/24/2017)
American Society of Addiction Medicine: Misuse of Novel Synthetic Opioids: A Deadly New Trend
International Journal of Drug Policy:
- Epidemiology of fentanyl-involved drug overdose deaths: A geospatial retrospective study in Rhode Island (2017)
- Exposure to fentanyl-contaminated heroin and overdose risk among illicit opioid users in Rhode Island (2017)
DofJ/DEA: Special Report: Opiates and Related Drugs Reported in NFLIS, 2009–2014
Other Resources
National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST): Free Software Can Help Spot New Forms of Fentanyl and Other Illegal Drugs (3/7/2018)
Center for Forensic Science Research and Education: New NPS Discoveries
EMCDDA/Europol: Joint Reports on New Psychoactive Substances
Univ. of Washinton/ADAI: Fentanyl Death Investigation in Four Washington State Counties
PEW TRUSTS: Pew Trusts: As Fentanyl Spreads, States Step Up Responses
CDC/NIOSH: Fentanyl: Preventing Occupational Exposure to Emergency Responders
EMCDDA: Risk assessment report on a new psychoactive substance: acryloylfentanyl (February 2017)
Correspondence: House Committee on Energy and Commerce - 15 questions to ONDCP about fentanyl (2/23/17)
Response: Answers about illicit fentanyl from ONDCP Acting Director (3/29/17)
MMWR: Characteristics of Fentanyl Overdose — Massachusetts, 2014–2016
NIDA: Research on the Use and Misuse of Fentanyl and Other Synthetic Opioids
CDC: What is fentanyl?
Overcoming Opioids: Fentanyl Video
Maryland.gov - Fentanyl (Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene)
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