Analysis of Drug Test Results Before and After the US Declaration of a National Emergency Concerning the COVID-19 Outbreak

This substance use epidemiology study uses a commercial urine drug testing (UDT) service’s data to compare UDT results for cocaine, fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine before vs after US declaration of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a national emergency among patients diagnosed with or at...

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Published in:JAMA 2020-10, Vol.324 (16), p.1674-1677
Main Authors: Wainwright, Jacob J, Mikre, Meriam, Whitley, Penn, Dawson, Eric, Huskey, Angela, Lukowiak, Andrew, Giroir, Brett P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Cocaine
Comments
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Declaration of Independence-US
Drug testing
Drug use
Emergencies
Epidemiology
Female
Fentanyl
Heroin
Humans
Letter
Letters
Male
Methamphetamine
Middle Aged
Online First
Pandemics
Pharmaceutical Preparations - urine
Public Health
Research Letter
Substance Abuse Detection - trends
Substance use
Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology
United States - epidemiology
Viral diseases
Young Adult
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Summary:This substance use epidemiology study uses a commercial urine drug testing (UDT) service’s data to compare UDT results for cocaine, fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine before vs after US declaration of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a national emergency among patients diagnosed with or at risk of substance use disorders.
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.2020.17694