Medical Examiner: Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN)

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Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN)

The Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) provides semi-annual estimates of the number of drug-related visits to hospital emergency departments based on a nationally respresentative sample of short-stay general hospitals located throughout the coterminous United States. Emergency room estimates are produced for 21 large metropolitan areas and for the nation.

DAWN also collects information on drug related deaths from selected medical examiner offices, including the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office. Drug-related death data are produced for more than 40 metropolitan areas. Additionally, the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office provides data annually on drug-related deaths to the Tarrant County Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (TCFADA) and the Behavorial Research Institute of Texas Christian University.



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