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www.ccsa.ca • www.cclt.ca
Monitoring new drugs and new drug use trends in
Canada
Ontario Harm Reduction Conference
October 2015
Matthew M. Young, PhD
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About CCSA
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Substance abuse is a complex problem, too significant and
too deeply rooted to be solved by one group, or one approach
• CCSA is Canada’s only national agency dedicated to reducing the
harms of alcohol and other drugs on society, informing policy and
practice and improving services and supports
• Created by an Act of Parliament in 1988, CCSA has provided
national leadership, and advanced research knowledge and
concrete solutions to address alcohol- and other drug-related
harms, for over a quarter-century
We bring people and knowledge together
to make a difference in the lives of Canadians
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www.ccsa.ca • www.cclt.ca
CCSA’s National Priorities and Areas of
Action
Canada’s National
Framework for Action
Children & Youth
Substance Abuse &
Co-Occurring Issues
First Nations & Inuit
Monitoring & Surveillance
Workforce Development
Treatment and Recovery
Impaired Driving
National Alcohol Strategy
Prescription Drug Misuse
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National Framework
for Action (2005):
Collective action for
collective impact
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Why CCSA’s Work Matters
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Health
• Major contributor to 60+ diseases like cancer, heart
disease, diabetes, HIV/AIDS
Economics
• Substance abuse costs over $40 billion per year in Canada
Public safety• Significant factor in the commission of crime; as many as 80% of
federal offenders have a history of substance abuse issues
• In 2010, nearly as many drivers died in road crashes after using
drugs (34.2%) as those who had been drinking (39.1%)
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Why CCSA’s Work Matters
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Global Scope and Impact of Substance Use • The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates there are 2
billion alcohol users, 1.3 billion smokers, 185 million illicit drug
users and that 12% of all deaths are attributable to tobacco and
alcohol use
• The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reports
that of those who use psychoactive substances, 10%-14% will
develop substance use problems.
Despite this, substance abuse is preventable and
treatable, and recovery is a reality for many
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Monitoring New Drug Trends in Canada
• Novel Psychoactive Substances
• Monitoring new drugs in Canada
• Drug trends of immediate (September 2015) concern
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Monitoring New Drug Trends in Canada
• Novel Psychoactive Substances
• How do we monitor new drugs in Canada
• Specific trends that are currently (September 2015) of
concern
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Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS)
• Also known as ‘designer drugs’, ‘herbal highs’, ‘synthetic drugs’, ‘research chemicals’ and ‘legal highs’
• Designed to mimic the effects of commonly abused drugs
• Often marketed as legal substitutes for more common illicit drugs
• Sometimes uncontrolled (or were not controlled when they emerged) by relevant drug legislation
• Available via– Internet (e.g., www.party-pill.biz)
– Drug paraphernalia shops (“head-shops”)
– Dealers
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Source: EMCDDA. (2014). European Drug Report 2014: Trends and developments. Lisbon, Portugal: Source. European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (2015), New psychoactive substances in Europe. An update
from the EU Early Warning System (March 2015), Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg. Retrieved from http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/attachements.cfm/att_235958_EN_TD0415135ENN.pdf
Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS)
More than 450
substances currently
being monitored by the
EMCDDA
More than half
emerging in the last 3
years
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Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS)
Source: EMCDDA. (2014). European Drug Report 2014: Trends and developments. Lisbon, Portugal: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction Retrieved from
http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/edr/trends-developments/2014.
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Monitoring New Drug Trends in Canada
• Novel Psychoactive Substances
• How do we monitor new drugs in Canada
• Specific trends that are currently (September 2015) of concern
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Challenges monitoring new drugs
• Rapid appearance of new substances on the market
• Short life cycle of any specific substance product
• Users are often unaware of what they are taking
– www.ecstasydata.org
– greater potential for harms
• Mix of chemicals and contaminants frequently found in any one product
• Products easily accessible via the Internet, so they may not follow known trafficking routes
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Monitoring new drug trends in Canada
• Self-report surveys (Health Canada)
• Enforcement data (Health Canada)
• Internet monitoring (Health Canada)
• Event based surveillance (CCSA)
• Sentinel surveillance (CCSA)
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Self-report surveys
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2.6%
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1.4%
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4.5%
3.4%
0.9%
1.6%
4.8%
6.30%
4.90%
Students in grades 7-12 reporting past 12-month use
2012/2013
2010/2011
2008/2009
Source: Health Canada. (2013). Summary of Results of the Youth Smoking Survey (2008-2009, 2010-11, & 2012-
2013) , from http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hc-ps/tobac-tabac/research-recherche/stat/index-eng.php
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Enforcement data
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Number of Exhibits Analysed, Canada 2005-2014*
Source: Health Canada, Drugs Analysis Service - Laboratory Information Management System *preliminary – data extracted on May 7, 2015
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Internet monitoring
16Source: Bruno, R. (2014). NPS in Australia: Internet monitoring, consumer reports, and emerging objective systems. Presentation at Symposium, Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS):
Epidemiology of use and current knowledge exchange efforts. March, 2014, Ottawa, ON.
• Monitoring the products/chemicals being sold by Canadian
distributors or sites that will ship to Canada• changes on a regular basis
• many websites have moved from the surface web to the ‘deep’
web
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Event-Based Surveillance
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Why Use of Media to Monitor NPS?
Source: Keller et al. (2009)
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Event-Based Surveillance
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Source: CESAR FAX
(2013)
Number of media reports
regarding synthetic
cannabinoids from the U.S.
Number of calls to U.S. poison
control centers about synthetic
cannabinoids
Event-Based Surveillance
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Source: Plahuta, M. (2013).
Proportion of posts referring to
synthetic cannabinoids relative
to all monthly posts on the drug
forum Bluelight.ru
Number of reports regarding
synthetic cannabinoids in
English
Event-Based Surveillance
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Sentinel surveillance
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CCENDU sentinel sites
Vancouver
Edmonton
Winnipeg
Toronto
Halifax
St John’s
Saskatoon
Montreal
Quebec
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CCENDU Alerts and Bulletins
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www.ccendu.caSubscribe to receive CCENDU Alerts and Bulletins
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CCENDU Impact
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Between 2012 and 2015
• Over 700 people signed up to receive alerts and bulletins
• There were over 850 media stories published that referred to CCENDU Alerts or
Bulletins
• CENDU alerts and bulletins have been have been accessed from the CCSA website
more than 57,000 times (as of August 28, 2015).
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Monitoring New Drug Trends in Canada
• Novel Psychoactive Substances
• Monitoring new drugs in Canada
• Drug trends of immediate (September
2015) concern
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CCENDU Alerts and Bulletins
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Number of fentanyl seizures analyzed by Health Canada’s Drug Analysis Service
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Deaths Involving Fentanyl
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Between 2009 and 2014, there were at least 655 deaths in Canada where fentanyl
was determined to be a cause or a contributing cause.
Seizures and anecdotal reports suggest overdoses occurred among individuals who
thought they were using
- oxycodone
- heroin
- cocaine or another substance
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Deaths Involving Fentanyl
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Deaths Involving Fentanyl
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• Fentanyl Deaths Bulletin • 695 media stories
• 568 stories mentioned CCSA (82%)
• 161 mentioned CCLT (23%)
• 7(1%) mentioned CCENDU
• Followed by … • several high-profile editorials and
commentaries from the Globe and Mail,
• a statement from the Canadian
Pharmacists Association
• news conferences by Toronto Police
Services as well as Winnipeg Police
Services
• a joint statement from Health Canada
and the Public Health Agency of
Canada warning the public about the
dangers of illicit fentanyl
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Deaths Involving Fentanyl
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Deaths Involving Fentanyl
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Social Media Campaign by partners in British Columbia
www.knowyoursource.ca
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Deaths Involving Fentanyl
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Deaths Involving Fentanyl
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Naloxone
Warning people who use drugs
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Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS)
• Most of the new substances that are being detected at
present fit into two categories
– Synthetic cathinones
– Cannabimimetics
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Cathinones
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• chemically similar to naturally occurring
cathinones found in the Khat plant, a shrub
native to the Horn of Africa and the
Arabian Peninsula
• Also known as amphetamine-type
stimulants because of similar short term
effects
• Frequently referred to as “Bath Salts”
• Frequently found in pills or powders being
sold as “Molly” or “Ecstasy”
Examples
- mephedrone – “Meow Meow”, “Plant Food”
- methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV) – “Bath Salts”
- Alpha- PVP – “Flakka” or “Gravel”
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‘Flakka’ or ‘Gravel’
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• A synthetic cathinone called Alpha PVP
• Often sold as powder or crystals
• Routes of administration
• Snorting, Oral, Injection, Smoking (Use with electronic cigarettes
increasing)
• Desired effects last for a few hours
• Adverse side effects can last from hours to days
• In the U.S. associated with several cases on induced psychosis as well
as several fatalities.
• In Canada, we have very little information on its presence
• Exception of DAS data
Source. Papsun, D. (2015). “Flakka”: The truth behind the latest designer drug media storm. Webinar presented by NMS labs
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Cannabimimetics
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• Also known as synthetic
cannibinoids, THC homologues,
these are synthetic cannabinoid
receptor agonists that mimic the
effects of THC• K2
• “Spice drugs”, etc.
• Over 130 different compounds
identified
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Recent cluster of harms in U.S.
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Other substances/trends
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Possible increase in methamphetamine use
25I-NBOME
Shatter – THC extract in which cannabis is soaked in a solvent
(frequently butane)
E-cigs as delivery mechanism for NPS
Recently caused harms in Europe
• Stimulant 4,4′-DMAR
• Opioid MT-45
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Issues of Substance 2015 Conference
November 16–18, 2015, in Montreal, Quebec
Theme: Addiction Matters
• Concurrent disorders: substance use, problem gambling,
mental health
• Emerging drugs and legal considerations: marijuana, novel
psychoactive substances, etc.
• Substance abuse prevention and early identification
• Coordinated approaches to addressing gaps in care
• Skill-based workshops
Register at www.ccsa.ca
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Contact Information
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National Coordination provided by CCSA
Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use
Ottawa, ON
www.ccendu.ca
Adjunct Research Professor,
Department of Psychology,
Carleton University, Ottawa, ON
www.carleton.ca
Senior Research & Policy Analyst/Analyste principal, Recherche et politiques
500–75 rue Albert Street, Ottawa, ON K1P 5E7
Tel / Tél : 613-235-4048 x 222 | Fax / Téléc : 613-235-8101
Email / courriel: [email protected]
Matthew M. Young, Ph.D.