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Drug Abuse Patterns and Trends Update

 Broward Quick Check March 2012. Drug Abuse Patterns and Trends Update. James N. Hall Report # 54 South Florida Drug Observatory Nova Southeastern University. Number of Cocaine Reports Detected Among Decedents in Florida: 2000 - 2010. NUMBER of COCAINE OCCURRENCES Including

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Drug Abuse Patterns and Trends Update

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  1. Broward Quick Check March 2012 Drug Abuse Patterns and Trends Update James N. Hall Report # 54 South Florida Drug Observatory Nova Southeastern University

  2. Number of Cocaine Reports Detected Among Decedents in Florida: 2000 - 2010 NUMBER of COCAINE OCCURRENCES Including “Present” & “Cause of Death” Broward SOURCE: Florida Medical Examiners Commission Report 2010

  3. Number of Other Substances Detected in Cocaine-Related Deaths in Broward County: 2010 Total # Other Drugs = 205 # of Occurrences SOURCE: Analysis of Florida Medical Examiners Commission Data 2009-2010 by Center for Study & Prevention of Substance Abuse, Nova Southeastern Univ.

  4. Number of Primary Cocaine Treatment AdmissionsBroward County, FL: 2009-2011 769 Total Cocaine in Red 481 # of primary Treatment Admissions • 348 SOURCE: Florida Department of Children and Families

  5. Number of Heroin-Related Deaths in Broward County, FL: 2000 - 2010 # Heroin Deaths SOURCE: Florida Medical Examiners Commission Reports 2000-2010

  6. Number of Heroin-related Deaths in Florida: 2000 - 2010 # Heroin Deaths 58 26 5 SOURCE: Florida Medical Examiners Commission Reports 2000-2010

  7. Number of Other Substances Detected in Heroin-Related Deaths State of Florida: 2010 54 of 58 Heroin Deaths with 1 or more other drugs # of Occurrences SOURCE: Analysis of Florida Medical Examiners Commission Data 2010 by Center for Study & Prevention of Substance Abuse, Nova Southeastern Univ.

  8. Number of Primary Heroin Treatment AdmissionsBroward County, FL: 2009-2011 # of primary Treatment Admissions SOURCE: Florida Department of Children and Families

  9. Number of Deaths with One or More Prescription Medications Detected 2009 vs. 2010 Source: FDLE – Drugs Identified In Deceased Persons by Florida Medical Examiners 2010 Report

  10. Number of Oxycodone Reports Detected among Decedents in Florida: Jan 2007 – Dec 2010 NUMBER of Oxycodone OCCURRENCES Including “Present” & “Cause of Death” SOURCE: Florida Medical Examiners Commission Report 2010

  11. Number of Oxycodone Reports Detected among Decedents in South Florida: 2007-2010 NUMBER of Oxycodone OCCURRENCES Including “Present” & “Cause of Death” SOURCE: Florida Medical Examiners Commission Report 2010

  12. Number of Alprazolam Reports Detected among Decedents in Florida: 2007 – 2010 NUMBER of Alprazolam OCCURRENCES Including “Present” & “Cause of Death” SOURCE: Florida Medical Examiners Commission Report 2010

  13. Number of Alprazolam Reports Detected among Decedents in South Florida: 2007- 2010 NUMBER of Alprazolam OCCURRENCES Including “Present” & “Cause of Death” SOURCE: Florida Medical Examiners Commission Report 2010

  14. B r e v a r d Santa Rosa Holmes ngton J a c k s o n Walton Okaloosa i h Escambia n N a s s a u G a d s d e n s o a s W r H a m i l t o n C a l h o u n e L e o n f f M a d i s o n a e B a y i J b D u v a l B a k e r m u L i b e r t y W a k u l l a l S u w a n n e e o d C T a y l o r r o Lafayette U n i o n S t . f d C l a y F r a n k l i n a r G u l f J o h n s B G i l c h r i s t A l a c h u a P u t n a m D i x i e F l a g l e r • Florida Counties Ranked High in 2010 on • Three or More of the Following Indicators: • Rate of Rx Opioid Deaths • Rate of Rx Benzodiazepine Deaths • Rate of Overdose ED Visits/Hospitalizations • Pain Clinics per 100,000 • Treatment Admissions for Rx Drugs L e v y M a r i o n Volusia C i t r u s L a k e S e m i n o l e S u m t e r H e r n a n d o O r a n g e Pasco O s c e o l a Hillsborough P o l k I n d i a n R i v e r P i n e l l a s O k Manatee ee H a r d e e ee c h o S t . L u c i e H i g h l a n d s b e D e S o t o e Sarasota M a r t i n Charlotte G l a d e s Number of high indicators: 5 4 3 Palm Beach H e n d r y L e e Broward C o l l i e r Dade Monroe Source: Florida’s State Epidemiology Work Group

  15. Number of Primary Treatment Admissions for Juveniles and Adults by Drug in BrowardCounty. FL:January - June 2011 Number of Primary Admissions Source: Florida Department of Children and Families

  16. Number of Juvenile (<18) Treatment Clients by Primary Drug in Broward County, FL:January – June 2011 or 91 % of all Juvenile admissions Number of Juvenile Treatment Clients Source: Florida Department of Juvenile Justice

  17. Number of Juvenile Arrests for Alcohol & Drug Charges in BrowardCounty:July 2010 – June 2011 Marijuana = 72 % of all drug charges Number of Juvenile Drug Charges Source: Florida Department of Juvenile Justice

  18. Synthetic Cannabinoids • 5 Illegal as July 2011 • Others Now Reported • Motivation: • “Beat the Drug Test” • 516 Poison Center Exposure Calls in Florida during 2011

  19. Ecstasy is the Enigma • What is it? • MDMA or • Emerging Psychoactive Substances (EPS)? • Who’s using it? • From where does it come? • Detected in 5 Broward Deaths in 2010

  20. Number of Ecstasy-Like Synthetic Drug Poison Control Exposure Calls in Florida: 2011 Source: Florida Poison Information Center – Miami 1-800-222-1222

  21. Florida Poison Info Exposure Calls 2011 6 Exposures 336 Exposures 516 Exposures

  22. Ecstasy: Number of Crime Lab Cases for MDMA, Piperazines, Tryptamines, Phenethylamines, and Cathinones in South Florida: January -June 2011 Source: US DEA-National Forensic Laboratory Information System

  23. Emerging Issues 2012 • New Synthetic Substances • State EPS Work Group • Methamphetamine Resurgence • Is Heroin on the Horizon?

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