A guide to key NDEWS research and information for attendees of RADARS System Annual Symposium 2019. NDEWS monitors emerging drug use trends to enable health experts, researchers, and concerned citizens across the country to respond quickly to potential outbreaks of illicit drugs such as heroin and to identify increased use of designer synthetic compounds.

• The NDEWS Network*
  The NIDA-funded NDEWS Network is an open forum hosted by the NDEWS Coordinating Center. Join discussions on epidemiology, toxicology, drug policy, and other topics.
  *A quick, simple registration (username and email address) is all that is required to join.

• DOTS Bulletins - Testing De-Identified Urine Specimens for 240+ Substances
  The Drug Outbreak Testing Service (DOTS) pilot study supports local experts and public health agencies experiencing a drug outbreak to identify the drug(s) behind the outbreak by providing free urinalyses of specimens already obtained from affected persons.
   
• DEA Emerging Threat Reports
  The Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) Special Testing and Research Laboratory’s Emerging Trends Program compiles the data for these quarterly reports through a query of archived seizure and analysis information from drug evidence analyzed by the Drug Enforcement Administration’s laboratory system.
   
• NDEWS Sentinel Sites
  12 urban, suburban, and rural communities across the U.S. that are experiencing significant substance use and/or misuse problems.
   
• Webinar - Upcoming
  • Wednesday, May 22: "Recent enhancements in the timeliness and specificity of drug overdose death certificate data from NCHS", Presented by Margaret Warner, Ph.D., Injury Epidemiologist, CDC National Center for Health Statistics
    REGISTRATION IS OPEN.
     
• Webinar - Archived
  • Gabapentin Diversion and Misuse - Mance Buttram, Ph.D. and Jennifer Havens, Ph.D. (3/14/2018)