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DAWN | Drug Abuse Warning Network
Collected Date: 2024
Report Type: Short Report

This report presents data from DAWN to describe national estimates of polysubstance-involved emergency department (ED) visits in the United States in 2024. It provides estimates of polysubstance-involved ED visits by (1) patient characteristics, (2) psychoactive drug involved, and (3) co-occurrence (or combination) of psychoactive drugs.

DAWN | Drug Abuse Warning Network
Collected Date: 2025
Report Type: Short Report

This Network Watch presents street names that appeared in DAWN data for the first time during the second quarter of 2025, identifies common slang terms reported at ED visits by hospital regions, and highlights notable findings.

DAWN | Drug Abuse Warning Network
Collected Date: 2024-2025
Report Type: Short Report

This Network Watch presents street names that appeared in DAWN data for the first time during the first quarter of 2025, identifies common slang terms reported at ED visits by hospital regions, and highlights emerging challenges.

DAWN | Drug Abuse Warning Network
Collected Date: 2021-2024
Report Type: Short Report

This report presents data from DAWN using national estimates and trends of opioid-involved emergency department (ED) visits in the United States, including those involving prescription opioids, fentanyl, heroin, and opioids not otherwise specified.

DAWN | Drug Abuse Warning Network
Collected Date: 2023-2024
Report Type: Short Report

This Network Watch presents street names that appeared in DAWN data for the first time from January 2023 through August 2024.

DAWN | Drug Abuse Warning Network
Collected Date: 2021-2023
Report Type: Short Report

Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN): ED Visits Involving Alcohol Short Report presents the following data from January 2021-September 2023 (1) national estimates and characteristics of alcohol-related ED visits (2) demographics of alcohol-related ED visits (3) percent of ED visits related to alcohol and at least one other substance.

DAWN | Drug Abuse Warning Network
Collected Date: 2021-2023
Report Type: Short Report

Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN): Drug-Related ED Visits Involving Suicide Attempts Short Report presents (1) national estimates and characteristics of drug-related ED visits involving suicide attempts and (2) the top substance involved in suicide attempts.

DAWN | Drug Abuse Warning Network
Collected Date: 2021-2022
Report Type: Short Report

Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) Non-Fatal Overdoses Short Report presents: (1) national estimates and characteristics of non-fatal overdose ED visits, (2) the identification of top substances involved in these visits and (3) the prevalence of polysubstance related non-fatal overdose ED visits. Additional report resources are also available in the Non-Fatal...

DAWN | Drug Abuse Warning Network
Collected Date: 2004-2011
Report Type: Short Report

This short report uses data from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) to examine the emergency department (ED) visits for children aged 1 -5 that involved opioid pain relievers. Hydrocodone (Vicodin, Lortab), oxycodone (OxyContin, Percocet), and codeine are examples of opioid pain relievers; buprenorphine (Suboxone), is an opioid that is...

DAWN | Drug Abuse Warning Network
Collected Date: 2010-2013
Report Type: Short Report

This short report uses data from the AHRQ Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (HCUP-NEDS) to assess the prevalence of underage alcohol misuse–related emergency department (ED) visits. Changes in the trends of alcohol-only and drug and alcohol-combination ED visits by age, gender and time are examined.

NSDUH | National Survey on Drug Use and Health, DAWN | Drug Abuse Warning Network, TEDS | Treatment Episode Data Set
Collected Date: 2007-2014
Report Type: Short Report

This report presents facts about substance use among adults age 65 and older, including information on substance use on an average day, receipt of substance use treatment, and emergency department (ED) visits. This paper draws upon three SAMHSA data collections: the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), the...

DAWN | Drug Abuse Warning Network
Collected Date: 2004-2011
Report Type: Short Report

This short report uses data from the Drug Abuse Warning Network to examine when alcohol-related emergency department (ED) visits occurred, by time of day and day of the week. Data from a nationally-representative sample of non-Federal, general hospitals with 24-hour EDs was used, with combined data for 2004-2011. The pattern...

DAWN | Drug Abuse Warning Network
Collected Date: 2004-2011
Report Type: Short Report

This short report from the Drug Abuse Warning Network examines emergency department (ED) visits that involved a drug-related suicide attempt. It looks at the characteristics of the ED visits where the patient left against medical advice (before the ED visit was completed). It discusses how patients who left the ED...

DAWN | Drug Abuse Warning Network, TEDS | Treatment Episode Data Set
Collected Date: 2010-2014
Report Type: Short Report

There has been a significant increase in hospitalizations for opioid misuse in recent years. Using 2010-2014 MarketScan commercial data, this report finds that 40 percent of patients do not receive any follow-up services within 30 days after an opioid-related hospitalization. Only 11 percent of patients received the recommended combination of...

DAWN | Drug Abuse Warning Network
Collected Date: 2011
Report Type: Spotlight

This report describes emergency department (ED) visits involving drug-related suicide attempts using data from the 2011 Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN). The ED visits for suicide attempts by middle-aged adults were more likely to involve alcohol combined with other drugs compared with other drug-related visits.