The
DAWN Report: Club Drugs, 2002 Update (PDF format)
Highlights:
- SAMHSA's
DAWN found that the following "club drugs" (GHB, ketamine,
LSD, and MDMA) collectively were involved in about 8,100 emergency department
visits in 2002. Most of the patients in club drug related emergency
department (ED) visits were under age 26: 56% of the GHB, 68% of the
ketamine, 75% of the MDMA, and 76% of the LSD related emergency department
visits.
- Although
relatively rare, club drug related emergency department visits more
than doubled from 1994 to 1999 and generally decreased from 2000 to
2002.
- GHB
(gamma hydroxy butyrate) related ED visits peaked at 4,969 visits
in 2000 and declined by one-third to 3,330 visits in 2002.
- Ketamine
related ED visits remained at very low levels since 1998 with a peak
of 679 in 2001 and then declined to 260 visits in 2002.
- LSD
related ED visits were relatively stable between 1994 and 1999;
but then declined rapidly from over 5,100 visits in 1999 to fewer
than 900 visits in 2002.
- MDMA
(ecstasy) related ED visits increased significantly from 253 visits
in 1999 to 5,542 visits in 2001 and then declined to 4,026 in 2002.
Data
on Other "Club Drugs"
Data
on Other Specific Drugs
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OAS Publications and Services
This Short
Report, The DAWN Report:
Club Drugs, 2002 Update (PDF format), is based on the Drug
Abuse Warning Network (DAWN), the primary source of national data
on drug related emergency department visits. DAWN is conducted by
the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
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