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NWHIC Organizations Directory -- Record DetailsDrug Abuse Warning Network, SAMHSA, OPHS, HHSMission statement:Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) is a large-scale, ongoing drug abuse data collection system sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The major objectives of the system are: to identify substances associated with drug-related episodes and deaths that are reported to emergency departments and medical examiners; to monitor trends in drug use consequences and to detect new drugs of abuse; and to assess health hazards associated with drug use. The universe for the emergency department component of DAWN is drug-related visits to emergency departments of acute care hospitals in the United States and the universe for the medical examiner component is drug-related deaths reported by 145 medical examiner jurisdictions in 43 metropolitan areas. DAWN is a continuous survey. Since 1988, the DAWN emergency department data have been collected from a representative sample of about 500 hospitals in the United States, including 21 over-sampled metropolitan areas. The DAWN medical examiner data are not nationally representative. DAWN's primary audience is government agencies, legislators, pharmaceutical manufacturers, universities, and researchers. Contact Information:Drug Abuse Warning Network, SAMHSA, OPHS, HHS Internet address: http://dawninfo.samhsa.gov/ Phone number(s):
(301) 443-1596 Media Calls Fax number:(301) 443-9847 Related topics:These topics may help you find additional organizations. Click any of these links to do an automatic search. NWHIC record number O-2703 |
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