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The Rapidly Changing US Illicit Drug Market and the Potential for an Improved Early Warning System: Evidence from Ohio Drug Crime Labs.
Drug and Alcohol Dependence ( IF 4.2 ) Pub Date : 2020-01-07 , DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.107779
Daniel Rosenblum 1 , Jay Unick 2 , Daniel Ciccarone 3
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BACKGROUND The US has seen a rapid increase in synthetic opioid-related overdose deaths. We investigate Ohio, a state with one of the highest overdose death rates in 2017 and substantial numbers of deaths related to fentanyl, carfentanil, and other fentanyl analogs, to provide detailed evidence about the relationship between changes in the illicit drug market and overdose deaths. METHODS We investigate the illicit drug market using Ohio's Bureau of Criminal Investigation's (BCI) crime lab data from 2009 to 2018 that shows the content of drugs seized by law enforcement. We use Poisson regression analysis to estimate the relationship between monthly crime lab data and monthly unintentional drug overdose death data at the county level. RESULTS During this time period there has been a rapid change in the composition of drugs analyzed by the BCI labs, with a rapid fall in heroin observations, simultaneous rise in synthetic opioids, and an increase in the number of different fentanyl analogs. We find that the increased presence of fentanyl, carfentanil, and other fentanyl analogs have a strong correlation with an increase in overdose deaths. The types of opioids most associated with deaths varies by the population size of the county. CONCLUSIONS Crime lab data has the potential to be used as an early warning system to alert persons who inject drugs, harm reduction services, first responders, and law enforcement about changes in the illicit opioid risk environment.

中文翻译:

快速变化的美国非法药物市场和改进预警系统的潜力:俄亥俄州药物犯罪实验室的证据。

背景技术在美国,合成阿片类药物相关的过量死亡迅速增加。我们调查了俄亥俄州,该州是2017年用药过量死亡率最高的州,并且与芬太尼,卡芬太尼和其他芬太尼类似物相关的大量死亡病例,为有关非法药物市场变化与用药过量死亡之间的关系提供了详细的证据。方法我们使用2009年至2018年俄亥俄州犯罪调查局(BCI)犯罪实验室的数据调查非法药物市场,该数据显示了执法部门缉获的毒品的含量。我们使用Poisson回归分析来估计县级每月犯罪实验室数据与每月无意识药物过量死亡数据之间的关系。结果在这段时间内,BCI实验室分析的药物成分发生了快速变化,海洛因观察值迅速下降,合成阿片类药物同时上升,不同的芬太尼类似物数量增加。我们发现芬太尼,卡芬太尼和其他芬太尼类似物的存在增加与过量死亡的增加有很强的相关性。与死亡最相关的阿片类药物类型因县的人口规模而异。结论犯罪实验室数据有可能被用作预警系统,以向注射毒品者,减少危害服务人员,急救人员和执法人员发出有关阿片类药物非法环境变化的警报。以及不同芬太尼类似物的数量增加。我们发现芬太尼,卡芬太尼和其他芬太尼类似物的存在增加与过量死亡的增加有很强的相关性。与死亡最相关的阿片类药物类型因县的人口规模而异。结论犯罪实验室数据有可能被用作预警系统,以向注射毒品者,减少危害服务人员,急救人员和执法人员发出有关阿片类药物非法环境变化的警报。以及不同芬太尼类似物的数量增加。我们发现芬太尼,卡芬太尼和其他芬太尼类似物的存在增加与过量死亡的增加有很强的相关性。与死亡最相关的阿片类药物类型因县的人口规模而异。结论犯罪实验室数据有可能被用作预警系统,以向注射毒品者,减少危害服务人员,急救人员和执法人员发出有关阿片类药物非法环境变化的警报。
更新日期:2020-01-07
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