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

JAMA. 2020 Oct 27;324(16):1674-1677. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.17694.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • COVID-19*
  • Emergencies
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pandemics
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations / urine
  • Public Health
  • Substance Abuse Detection / trends*
  • Substance-Related Disorders / epidemiology*
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Pharmaceutical Preparations