Drug Abuse Warning Network, 2004:

May 10, 2006 Drug Abuse Warning Network, 2004: National Estimates of Drug-Related Emergency Department Visits The Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) is a public health surveillance system that monitors drug-related visits to hospital emergency departments and drug-related deaths investigated by medical examiners and coroners. The DAWN 2004 survey has been updated to include a nationwide sample of reporting hospitals, and expands the definition of emergency department visits. In 2004, there were nearly two million drug related emergency department visits. Of those, 65% were due to drug abuse or misuse. Of the total 1.3 million due to . . .