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.
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.
ABOUT OUR
Early Warning Network
Our Early Warning Network is comprised of the Scientific Advisory Group (SAG), 13 Sentinel Sites and Community-Based Health Experts.
NOVEL SURVEILLANCE
NEW TO NDEWS
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.
news
NDEWS 4th Annual Summit and presentations at…
Following the NDEWS 4th Annual Summit, members of the NDEWS Coordinating Center (CC) will present a late-breaking abstract, an oral presentation…
Teenage Misuse of Cough Medicines and Promethazine
Teen nonmedical misuse of medications may be more common than we believed. In Psychology Today’s Addiction Outlook column, Dr. Mark Gold…
Q&A with NDEWS Scientific Advisory Group member…
Jim Hall is a retired epidemiologist who worked for 35 years at Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Florida, and since 1982 has served as director…
Last modified: 05/20/2025