Novel psychoactive substances in Australian emergency departments: implications for public health practice from multi-centre prospective toxicosurveillance across five states, 2022–2023
Drug intelligence data generated in an acute harm setting such as the ED can provide early warning of drugs of concern circulating in the community, including NPS. This facilitates rapid community responses to reduce harm and inform subsequent public health responses.
Authors
- Peter Stockham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5093-5144)
- Rebekka Syrjanen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8109-164X)
- Jennifer Schumann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8870-6272)
- Sam Alfred (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2226-7887)
- David McCutcheon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8034-7749)
- Nadine Ezard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7495-8305)
- Andrew Dawson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8047-397X)
- Viet Tran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8890-1457)
- Emma Partridge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6242-4480)
- Melissa Trujillo
- Katherine Isoardi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1176-7923)
- Courtney Weber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1868-153X)
- Shaun L. Greene (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7423-2467)
- Jennifer L. Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0398-2121)
- Keith Harris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0724-1088)
- Daniel M Fatovich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9414-6905)
- Paul Sakrajda
- Ellie M Kotkis
Institutions
- South Australia Pathology (AU)
- Royal Adelaide Hospital (AU)
- Flinders University (AU)
- Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (AU)
- Royal Perth Hospital (AU)
- Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research (AU)
- Austin Hospital (AU)
- Princess Alexandra Hospital (AU)
- Royal Hobart Hospital (AU)
- Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (AU)
- North Metropolitan Health Service (AU)
- ChemCentre (AU)
- National Centre for Clinical Research on Emerging Drugs (AU)
- Austin Health (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Drug Policy
- Published
- 2025-08-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104969
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.23