The Community Epidemiology Work Group (CEWG)
is a drug abuse surveillance network established in
1976 by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA),
National Institutes of Health (NIH). It is composed of
researchers from 21 sentinel areas of the United States
who meet semiannually to present and discuss quantitative
and qualitative data related to drug abuse.
Through this program, the CEWG provides current
descriptive and analytical information regarding the
nature and patterns of drug abuse, emerging trends,
characteristics of vulnerable populations, and social
and health consequences to government officials and
policymakers, community organizations, researchers
and scientists, and the general public. |