Publications | CESAR l Center for Substance Abuse Research l University of Maryland

DOTS Issue 5 - Uninsured Opioid Users Admitted to Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) Program in Palm Beach County, Florida, Found to Be Using Many Drugs in Addition to Opioids dots-bulletin-issue5-july2018-palmbeach-mat-final_0.pdf159.28 KB
DOTS Issue 6 - No Fentanyl Analogs but Buprenorphine, Naloxone, and Marijuana Detected in Specimens from Suspected Users of Fentanyl in Vermont dotsbulletin-issue6-july2018-aspenti-final_0.pdf121.62 KB
Drug Early Warning from Re-Testing Biological Samples: Maryland Hospital Study; Office of National Drug Control Policy. Washington, DC: Executive Office of the President. Wish, E.D., Billing, A.S., Artigiani, E.E., Dezman, Z., Schwartz, B., and Pueschel, J. (2018). FinalReport_CDEWS4_ED_Maryland-Hospital-Study.pdf2.62 MB
DOTS Issue 1 - Overview of the Drug Outbreak Testing Service Pilot Study dotsbulletin-issue1-june2018-methodology-final_0.pdf97.59 KB
DOTS Issue 2 - First DOTS Study Finds Fentanyl and Polydrug Use in Patients Seen During Opioid Overdose Spike in Baltimore – Higher Doses of Naloxone May Be Needed dotsbulletin-issue2-june2018-baltimore-midtown-final_0.pdf160.4 KB
DOTS Issue 3 - Methamphetamine, Opioids, Cocaine, and Multiple Drugs Were Most Common in Specimens from Seattle/King County Area Decedents dotsbulletin-issue3-june2018-kingcomedicalex-final_0.pdf190.22 KB
DOTS Issue 4 - Drug-Positive Urine Specimens from Uninsured or Publicly Insured Residents of Montgomery County, Maryland, Contain No Fentanyl and Few Synthetic Cannabinoids but Do Contain Multiple Drugs dotsbulletin-issue4-june2018-accesstobh-final_0.pdf128.54 KB
First DOTS Study Finds Fentanyl and Polydrug Use in Patients Seen During Opioid Overdose Spike in Baltimore – Higher Doses of Naloxone May Be Needed; DOTS Bulletin Issue 2Zachary D.W. Dezman, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Marwa F. Al-Nassir, BS; Amy S. Billing, MSSA; E. Erin Artigiani, MA; and Eric D. Wish, PhD, Center for Substance Abuse Research, Uni dotsbulletin-issue2-june2018-baltimore-midtown-final.pdf160.4 KB
Artigiani, E.E., Hsu, M.H., McCandlish, D., and Wish, E.D. (2018). Methamphetamine: A Regional Drug Crisis. College Park, MD: National Drug Early Warning System. ndews-scs-methamphetamine-report-september-2018-final.pdf1.16 MB
Wish ED, Billing AS, Artigiani EE, Dezman Z, Schwartz B, Pueschel J. “Drug Early Warning from Re-Testing Biological Samples: Maryland Hospital Study." Office of National Drug Control Policy. Washington, DC: Executive Office of the President. July 2018
Billing, A.S., Artigiani, E.E., Robinson, J., Adatsi, F., & Wish, E.D. (2017). Community Drug Early Warning System (CDEWS-3): Washington, DC – Site 3 of 4. Office of National Drug Control Policy. Washington, DC: Executive Office of the President. finalreport_cdews3_dc_v56.pdf660.51 KB
NDEWS News Issue 3 July2017 Number of US Counties with Drug Poisoning Deaths Involving Heroin Increases Nearly Five-Fold from 2000 to 2014 ndews-news-issue-3-july-2017.pdf225.17 KB
Stewart, K., Cao, Y., Hsu, M.H., Artigiani, E.E., & Wish, E. (2017). “Geospatial Analysis of Drug Poisoning Deaths Involving Heroin in the United States, 2000-2014,” Journal of Urban Health, 94(4):572-586.
Community Drug Early Warning System (CDEWS-3): Ohio - Site 2 of 4 finalreport-cdews3-oh-v31-final-for-distribution.pdf482.89 KB
National Drug Early Warning System (NDEWS) Coordinating Center. (2016). NDEWS New Hampshire HotSpot Report: The Increase in Fentanyl Overdoses newhampshirehotspotreportphase1final.pdf1.18 MB
National Drug Early Warning System (NDEWS). (2016). NDEWS News: NDEWS News Scan Finds Suspected Carfentanil-Related Incidents Reported in Seven States. carfentanilissue.pdf185.21 KB
NDEWS Coordinating Center. (2016). NDEWS Reports from the Field: Loperamide
Wish, E.D., Billing, A.S., and Artigiani, E.E. (2016). Community Drug Early Warning System (CDEWS‐3): Honolulu, Hawaii – Site 1 of 4. Office of National Drug Control Policy. Washington, DC: Executive Office of the President.
Center for Substance Abuse Research (CESAR). CESAR FAX Synthetic Cannabinoid Series. 2015. Synthetic Cannabinoid CESAR FAX Special Series 051515.pdf275.42 KB
NDEWS Coordinating Center. (2015). National Drug Early Warning System (NDEWS) Annual Project Report 2015.
NDEWS Coordinating Center. (2015). National Drug Early Warning System (NDEWS) Sentinel Community Site Cross-Site Comparison Graphics 2015.
NDEWS Coordinating Center. (2015). NDEWS Special Report: Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogs.
NDEWS Coordinating Center. (2015.) "First Annual NDEWS Report Describes Drug Use Trends in 12 Sentinel Community Sites." NDEWS News, Issue 1. newhampshirehotspotreportphase1final_0.pdf1.18 MB
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.