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National Drug Early Warning System (NDEWS) Funded to the University of Florida by the National Institute on Drug Abuse

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The NIDA-funded NDEWS Coordinating Center at UF

The National Drug Early Warning System (NDEWS), funded to the University of Florida by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), provides the field with timely, salient, and valuable information on emerging substance use trends.

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About nDEWS

ABOUT OUR

Coordinating Center

NDEWS is led by scientists from the University of Florida, New York University, and Florida Atlantic University. Our Coordinating Center (CC) draws heavily on established and emerging public health surveillance methods and integrates expertise from multiple disciplines.

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ABOUT OUR

Early Warning Network

Our Early Warning Network is comprised of the Scientific Advisory Group (SAG), Sentinel Sites and Community-Based Health Experts.

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NOVEL SURVEILLANCE

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Using novel surveillance to detect emerging drug trends

One aim of the new NDEWS is to incorporate and leverage novel surveillance methods to ensure early detection of signals of new and emerging drug trends, including data from "drug checking," an ongoing national venue-intercept study, our new Virtual HealthStreet, and the development of an innovative machine learning approach to detect emergence of new psychoactive substances in real-time through algorithms deployed to darknet drug markets and forums.

Novel Surveillance

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Last modified: 03/19/2025

NDEWS is funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse to the University of Florida (MPI: Cottler (contact), Co-Is: Goldberger, Nixon, Striley), NYU Langone Health (MPI: Palamar), and Florida Atlantic University (Co-I: Barenholtz)

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